Template:Certification Table Entry/doc

Specific parameters
Mandatory
 * artist – performing artist or group
 * title – title of work
 * award – Silver/Gold/Platinum/Diamond/Million/Billion/Platinum+Gold/Diamond+Gold/Diamond+Platinum/Diamond+Platinum+Gold/Bronze. Awards vary by region. See other supported awards for specific regions below.
 * type – album/single/video/jazz/compilation/videosingle/ringtone/EP. Not all types supported for all regions, see table below for details

Non mandatory
 * access-date – The date in which the source verifying the certification was retrieved, for web sources
 * date – The date of certification
 * nosales –true if no sales figure is to be displayed
 * nocert – true if no certification is to be displayed. This can be used to specify sales figured from other sources
 * certref – for specifying a different source for the certification. Enclose with p.
 * number – number of awards given. For example, for Double Platinum enter 2.
 * number2 – number of awards given, in case of multiple awards, check for support below
 * relyear – release year, used to calculate sales
 * relmonth – release month (number), used to calculate sales in some cases
 * relday – release day (number), used to calculate sales in some rare cases
 * certyear – year in which certification was awarded, used for linking and to calculate sales in some cases
 * certmonth – month (number) in which certification was awarded, used to calculate sales in some rare cases
 * certweek – week (number) in which certification was awarded, used for linking and sales calculation in some cases
 * position – chart position of work when certification was awarded, used for easing navigation in some cases
 * certday – day (number) in which certification was awarded, used to calculate sales in some even rarer cases
 * salesamount – override sales amount with a sales figure from a reliable source, when not based on the certification. It can also be used (temporarily) to override the sales amount if you believe the template is not calculating it correctly, but please let us know so it can be fixed. In both cases, salesref, the reliable source used, is mandatory when using this parameter.
 * salesref – source for overridden sales amount if it is not the certification itself
 * id – external ID required for citation. Explained where relevant.
 * discount – true for discount albums, influences certification levels in some regions
 * domestic – true for domestic titles, influences certification levels and citation in some regions
 * multidisc – the number of discs in a multi-disc package
 * source – determines the source of the certification, documented where relevant
 * Spanish – true for Spanish-speaking albums, see United States below
 * digital – true for digital downloads certification, check for support below
 * streamsonly – true for streaming only certification, check for support below
 * preloaded – true for pre-loaded certification, check for support below
 * note – Additional notes, e.g. specific edition certified
 * best – see Germany below
 * refname – enables you to specify a name for the reference generated by the template
 * footnote – Overrides the footnote symbol. Allowed values are sales/shipments/streaming/streamsonly

Error categories
The following categories should always be empty as they represent erroneous usage of the template.
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Tracking categories
The following categories are for tracking different forms of usage.
 * : Unless nocat is set, these templates track the usage for different regions
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