Certifications - SkillsDB

Quick Summary: A certification is a library entry: a name, a description, the type it groups under, and the authority that issues it. What a person holds — their record, its approval workflow, evidence and expiry — is a person certification in Team Data.

The resources

Resource	What it is
Certification type	The families certifications group under, such as Regulatory and Vendor, in display order
Certification	The library entry: name, description, type and issuing authority

The distinction that matters

Two resources sound alike and are not:

	Certification	Person certification
Answers	”What certifications exist?"	"Who holds what, and until when?”
Lives in	System Objects — this group	Team Data
Carries	Name, description, type, issuer	Workflow state, dates, identifier, evidence, history

An integration building a picker reads this group. An integration syncing compliance evidence writes person certifications.

Deleting is guarded

A certification type still in use cannot be deleted without confirming. Each type carries how many certifications reference it, so you can check before you try.