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Creating and modifying automated collections

Creating an automated collection involves defining conditions to match the products that you want in the collection. You can also apply a sort order and other details. You can create up to 5,000 automated collections.

Collections can have a maximum of 60 conditions.

If you already have a collection that has more than 60 conditions, then you can still use it. You can edit or delete its existing conditions, but you can't add any conditions while it's over the limit.

Before you update a collection, you can check the top of the page to see if another staff might also be making changes to the same collection.

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Create an automated collection

If you don't want to publish the collection as soon as you create it, then you can set a specific date when the collection will be published to your online store. Learn more aboutfuture publishing.

You can create up to 5,000 automated collections.

Steps:

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

  2. ClickCreate collection.

  3. Enter a title and description for the collection.

  4. In theCollection typesection, clickAutomated:

    1. Select whether products need to match all conditions or any condition to be included in the collection.
    2. Use the drop-down lists to set thecollection conditions.

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

  6. Set the sort order for how you want the products to be sorted in your store. For more information about sorting, seeChange the sort order for the products in a collection.

  7. In theSales channelssection, select from your active sales channels where you want your collection to beavailable.

  8. In theCollection imagesection, clickUpload imageto add an image for the collection. For information about the sizes of images that you can use, seeImage sizes.

  9. Optional: TheSearch engine listing previewsection shows a preview of how the collection will be displayed in search results. If you want to edit this information, then clickEdit website SEO. You can't change the URL and handle, because they are used to link the collection to your online store.

  10. ClickSave.

  11. Add a link to your collection in your online store navigationso that customers can find and view the collection.

Add selection conditions for an automated collection

When you create an automated collection, you can add one or more conditions for it in theConditionssection. That section will also show any conditions that you've already added to the collection.

For more information about conditions, seeConditions for automated collections.

Steps:

  1. In the first drop-down list, select a condition type.
  2. In the second drop-down list, select how a product needs to match the condition to be included in the collection.
  3. Enter a condition value in the third field.
  4. If you want to add more than one condition, then clickAdd another conditionand repeat the steps.
  5. ClickSaveto add matching products.

Change the publish date of a collection

You can set a specific publishing date for a collection to become available in your online store.

Steps:

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

  2. Click a collection.

  3. In theSales channelssection, click the calendar icon beside欧宝体育官网入口首页.

  4. Set the date and time that you want to publish the collection.

  5. ClickSave.

Change the contents of an automated collection

You can change the contents of an automated collection by editing the conditions or by editing a product so that it doesn't meet the conditions.

Steps:

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

  2. Click the name of the collection that you want to edit.

  3. In theConditionssection, make any changes to the conditions.

  4. ClickSaveto add matching products and remove products that don't match.

Replace a manual collection with an automated collection

你不能改变一个手工收集到n automated collection, but you can create a new automated collection to replace the existing manual collection.

Steps:

  1. Add a tagto all of the products in your manual collection.
  2. Create a new automated collection andset the tag as a condition.
  3. After you set up the automated collection, you can delete the original manual collection.

删除a collection

Steps:

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

  2. Click the name of the collection that you want to delete.

  3. Click删除this collection.

  4. Click删除in the confirmation box to delete the collection.

Links to deleted collections are automatically removed from online store menus. You can also delete more than one collection at the same time using abulk action.

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