> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://support.iafcertsearch.org/mncb/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://support.iafcertsearch.org/mncb/data-management/certifications.md).

# Certifications

The Certifications provide access to the certificates uploaded by your organization, which they have issued to the Certified Entities. The certification data is collected and imported through [File Upload](/mncb/data-management/data-import/data-import-methods/file-upload.md) or [FTP](/mncb/data-management/data-import/data-import-methods/ftp.md).

In this section, you'll have the ability to manually manage the certification data.

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**Note:** Adding Certification data requires Certified Entity Information.
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### View Certificates

To view the list of certificates, click **'Certifications'** from the left pane navigation.

This page includes the following information:

<table><thead><tr><th width="225.5">Column Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Certificate Status</td><td><em>Current standing of the Certified Entity's certification.</em><br><br><em>Certificate status dataset: active, inactive, hidden, cancelled, withdrawn, cbwithdrawn, suspended, pending, deleted, or expired</em></td></tr><tr><td>Certificate Number</td><td><em>Certificate Number that appears in the issued certificate</em></td></tr><tr><td>Confidential</td><td><em>Permission to access the Certificate Information in public</em></td></tr><tr><td>Expiry Date</td><td><em>Date on which the validity of the certificate expires.</em></td></tr><tr><td>Certification Body</td><td><em>Name of the Certification Body</em></td></tr><tr><td>Certified Entity</td><td><em>Name of the Certified Entity to which the certificate is issued to</em></td></tr><tr><td>Site</td><td><em>Number of accredited sites in the issued certificate</em></td></tr><tr><td>Location</td><td><em>Country of the main site</em></td></tr><tr><td>Updated at </td><td><em>Date on which the certification data is updated</em></td></tr><tr><td>Created at</td><td><em>Date on which the certification record is created</em></td></tr></tbody></table>

To learn more about the Certification data fields, click [here](/mncb/iaf-certsearch-data-structure/certified-entity-and-certification-fields-glossary.md).

This section also provides the ability to view and manage individual Certificate information.

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### Managing Certified Entity data through Data Import

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Before importing data through Data Import, be sure to learn about the IAF CertSearch Data Format and Structure, such as [Certificate File Format](/mncb/iaf-certsearch-data-structure/certified-entity-and-certification-fields-glossary.md), [Certificate Template](/mncb/data-management/data-import/certification-file-templates.md), and [Manage Data in XML](/mncb/data-management/data-import/certification-file-templates/manage-data-in-xml.md).
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#### Data Import Methods

> [File Upload](/mncb/data-management/data-import/data-import-methods/file-upload.md)
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> [FTP](/mncb/data-management/data-import/data-import-methods/ftp.md)