ISC access item certification 10k limit issue

Hey Sailors,

We have annual manager cert on access items we have around 60 k entitlement some 5 k role

When we try to generate cert from search we are hitting search limit of 10 k items

As work around created an exclusion filter with API problem is whenever new entitlement or role is added to this list the filter needs to be updated that is a manual thing

Another approach would slicing down by region or so to cut Down API limit but we don’t want the same identity have multiple annual certifications

Has anyone of you come across such issues at ISC access item certification if yes how you have handled it

Any leads will help

Edit : why we are including all the access items into annual manager cert because we are coming from IIQ back ground

Thanks in advance

Avinash Mulpuru

I recently encountered the same limitation where several sources exceeded 10,000 entitlements. As a workaround, I opted to split the campaigns into multiple as a workaround. FYI, I did that using a PS Script.

Hi @ajmerasunny , As I already mentioned we don’t want the same identity to present to multiple annual certifications we have not choose to proceed further

Yes and this can be handled via the script to ensure that same identity is not present in multiple split campaigns.

Can you help me with reference script if possible

Hi @amulpuru

This looks like a common ISC limitation when Access Item Certifications hit the search/API limit. A practical workaround is to split the certification into multiple campaigns based on criteria like region, department, or business unit, while ensuring the same identity is included in only one campaign to avoid duplicate reviews. This is much easier to manage than maintaining manual exclusion filters. If required, the split can also be automated using API/script so it remains manageable as entitlement volume grows.

Access model metadata, which is a relatively new feature, also helps with scoping the certifications down. You can add custom attributes like Application, isWhitelist, or whatever approach you’d like to split certifications up into more specific certifications. Here’s some documentation on it: