Automated collections with metafields

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Automated collectionsuse selection conditions to automatically include matching products. You can add up to 60 selection conditions in a single collection, and you can specify if products need to meet all conditions or any condition to be included in the collection.

Complete the following actions before you create an automated collection by metafields:

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Benefits of automatic collections by metafields

Automated collections by metafields help you create more accurate collections for your products and variants compared to product tags. For example, you can set up a collection using the tags that includered. However,redis used for product color, andurgency-redis used for fulfillment urgency. In this example, your collection would have products that are both the colorredand have a fulfillment urgency ofurgency-red, because they both includered. In this example, tags aren't going to work for your colorredcollection.

Because metafields are part of your data model, you can integrate this same data across Shopify, such as your online store. You can use metafields to be more specific in your collections. You can create metafield definitions for color, and then create a collection that only pulls in products that have the color value you want for the collection. You can create a metafield definition that is for fulfillment urgency, and then create a collection that only pulls in products that are marked with an urgent fulfillment value. Metafields provide more flexibility and structure than tags.

Limitations

Automated collections by metafield conditions have the following limitations:

  • You can only use product or variant metafield definitions and values in your automated collections.

  • If you add a metafield to a variant and create an automated collection for that metafield, then your automated collection will pull in the whole product with the other variants.

  • Theactivate automated collectionssetting has a maximum of 128 definitions per product metafield definitions and variant metafield definitions.

  • You can't delete a metafield defintion until the collection is updated to remove the metafield definition as a condition.

Metafield defintions and supported condtions

Only certain metafield product and variant definitions are supported with specific conditions.

Metafield definitions and supported conditions for automated collections
Metafield definition type Supported conditions
True or false equals
Integer equals
greater than
less than
Decimal equals
greater than
less than
Rating equals
greater than
less than
Single line text (one value and list of values) equals

Activating the automated collections setting

To use a metafield definition for automated collections, you need to activate the setting in your metafield definitions.

Steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go toSettings>Custom data.
  2. Depending on the metafield definition you want to use for automated collections, select eitherProductsorVariants.
  3. Click the metafield definition that you want to use for your collection.
  4. SelectAutomated collections.
  5. ClickSave.
  1. From theShopify app, go to商店>Settings.
  2. Under商店settings中,选择Custom data.
  3. Depending on the metafield definition you want to use for automated collections, select eitherProductsorVariants.
  4. Tap the metafield definition you want to use for your collection.
  5. TapUse in automated collections.
  6. TapSave.
  1. From theShopify app, go to商店>Settings..
  2. Under商店settings中,选择Custom data.
  3. Depending on the metafield definition you want to use for automated collections, select eitherProductsorVariants.
  4. Tap the metafield definition you want to use for your collection.
  5. TapUse in automated collections.
  6. TapSave.

Learn more aboutcreating custom metafield definitions.

Create automated collections with metafield defintion conditions

You can add a condition to include products or variants with a particularmetafield.

The first column of the drop-down list for your automated collection conditions is the name of your metafield definition. The second column is your supported conditions, such asequals. The third column is for your metafield values and is a drop-down list or text box. Only metafield definitions with theautomated collections setting activateddisplay.

For example, to set up a condition that selects products with the metafield definitionColorand the value#FF0000:

Steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go toProducts>Collections.

  2. ClickCreate collection.

  3. Enter a title and description for the collection.

  4. In theCollection type部分中,点击Automatedand then do the following:

    1. Select whether products need to match all conditions or any condition to be included in the collection.
    2. SelectColorfrom the first column drop-down.
    3. Selectis equal tofrom the second column.
    4. Type#FF0000.

  5. ClickSave. In theProductssection that's displayed, the products that match the conditions are automatically added to the collection.

  1. From theShopify app, go toProducts>Collections.
  2. Tap the+button.
  3. Enter a title and description for the collection.
  4. ActivateAutomatically select products.
  5. TapAddnext toConditions.
  6. In theMetafieldssection, tapColor.
  7. Tapis equal to.
  8. Type#FF0000.
  9. TapSave.
  1. From theShopify app, go toProducts>Collections.
  2. Tap the+button.
  3. Enter a title and description for the collection.
  4. ActivateAutomatically select products.
  5. TapAddnext toConditions.
  6. In theMetafieldssection, tapColor.
  7. Tapis equal to.
  8. Type#FF0000.
  9. TapSave.

Learn more aboutautomated collections.

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