# Inquiry Regarding Certification Campaign Creation via API **URL:** \ **Category:** SHF Discussion and Questions\ **Tags:** certifications, apis, sailpoint-identity-security\ **Created:** [June 2, 2025, 4:00am UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/inquiry-regarding-certification-campaign-creation-via-api/140420 "2025-06-02T04:00:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![longinuschanGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@longinuschanGT](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/longinuschanGT)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 4:00am UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/inquiry-regarding-certification-campaign-creation-via-api/140420/1 "2025-06-02T04:00:28Z")
Hi, On ISC UI, we can create campaign using search as follows: 1. Search for specific identities using queries, e.g. source.name=“Active Directory” 2. Choose Manager as reviewer I am attempting to replicate this process and create a certification campaign using the API. However, I have noticed that I can only use the “Search” type if I want to utilize queries, and there is no option to select “Manager” as the reviewer for the “Search” type. I think I could use the “Manager” type certification and apply a campaign filter to achieve a similar result. However, the behavior in the ISC UI does not seem to align with the functionality provided by the APIs. ---
**Author:** ![longinuschanGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@longinuschanGT](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/longinuschanGT)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 4:02am UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/inquiry-regarding-certification-campaign-creation-via-api/140420/2 "2025-06-02T04:02:12Z")
> **[create-campaign | SailPoint Developer Community](https://developer.sailpoint.com/docs/api/v2025/create-campaign/)** > > \ **Author:** ![ManvithaNalabolu06](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/sailpoint/discuss/user_avatar/developer.sailpoint.com/manvithanalabolu06/32/26315_2.png) [@ManvithaNalabolu06](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/ManvithaNalabolu06)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 4:26am UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/inquiry-regarding-certification-campaign-creation-via-api/140420/3 "2025-06-02T04:26:38Z") > [@longinuschanGT](#): > > On ISC UI, we can create campaign using search as follows: > > 1. Search for specific identities using queries, e.g. source.name=“Active Directory” > 2. Choose Manager as reviewer > > I am attempting to replicate this process and create a certification campaign using the API. However, I have noticed that I can only use the “Search” type if I want to utilize queries, and there is no option to select “Manager” as the reviewer for the “Search” type. > > I think I could use the “Manager” type certification and apply a campaign filter to achieve a similar result. However, the behavior in the ISC UI does not seem to align with the functionality provided by the APIs. - The **ISC UI** lets you create a campaign using a **Search-based filter** and still choose **“Manager”** as the reviewer, which is intuitive but not fully exposed via the API. - The **Certification Campaign API** currently enforces that if you use `"type": "SEARCH"`, you cannot set `"reviewerType": "MANAGER"` — this option is only available for `"type": "MANAGER"` campaigns. - To replicate the UI behavior via API, you should use **type `"MANAGER"`** and apply a **campaign filter** that matches your intended search query (e.g., `source.name eq "Active Directory"`). - Unfortunately, campaign filters don’t support the full flexibility of search queries (like nested logic or cross-source conditions), which limits the precision of this workaround. - A potential enhancement request can be raised with SailPoint to unify UI and API capabilities — meanwhile, your best bet is to approximate the logic using `"type": "MANAGER"` and filter parameters. ---
**Author:** ![longinuschanGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@longinuschanGT](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/longinuschanGT)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 9:16am UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/inquiry-regarding-certification-campaign-creation-via-api/140420/4 "2025-06-02T09:16:47Z")
Thank you Nalabolu, we will use campaign filter instead. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sailpoint/original/2X/f/f2136700ed5e3703e0b85e02f6be799dacca7735.png) [@system](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 9:17am UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/inquiry-regarding-certification-campaign-creation-via-api/140420/5 "2025-08-01T09:17:34Z")
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