The Certification record is the certification document that is created after the Certification Application record has been completed successfully. It is linked to the Certification Type, which has the Grace Period that affects the Expiration Date field. It also has a related Initial or Continuing Certification Application which links it to the Application Type, which has the Duration of the certification that affects the End Date field.
Navigating to the entity:
- Certification Module > Certifications
Note: Below are the fields that are included in the Cobalt product. Depending on the version of code and any customization, the CRM may display somewhat differently.
SUMMARY
Contact - The contact who holds the certification
Certification Type - The type of certification held by the contact
End Date - The date the certification will end based on the duration set on the Certification Application Type record
Expiration Date - The date the certification will expire based on the duration set on the Certification Application Type record and any additional "grace period" time set on the Certification Type record.
So a certification end date can be 12/1/2015, but if the Grace Period is set for 5 days, then the expiration date will be 12/6/2015. If no Grace Period is set then both the End and Expiration dates will be the same.