Features for custom data

Features for custom data expand what your metafields and metaobjects can do in your store.

Types of features

Depending on the type of custom data, the following features are available:

List of features available for metaobjects

List of features available for metaobjects

Feature	Availability	Description
Storefronts access	Metaobjects	Allows you to use the metaobject in your Online Store either through Liquid or the Storefront API.
Publish entries as web pages	Metaobjects	Allows you to use the metaobject to build a theme template for a web page. You need Storefront access selected for this feature.
Active-draft status	Metaobjects	Entries can transition between active and draft publishing states.
Translations	Metaobjects	Entries can be translated into different languages.
Use as a filter in metaobject index	Metaobject fields of the following types: Single line text / Single line text (list) Product reference / Product reference (list) True or false Collection reference / Collection reference (list) Page reference / Page reference (list) Metaobject reference / Metaobject reference (list)	Allows you to use a field of your metaobject to filter in the metaobject index. You can activate this feature for a maximum of 50 metaobject field definitions.

List of features available for metafields

List of features available for metafields

Feature	Availability	Description
Storefronts access	All metafield types	Allows you to use the metafield in your Online Store either through Liquid or the Storefront API.
Use as a filter in product index	Product metafields: Single line text / Single line text (list) Product reference / Product reference (list) True or false Collection reference / Collection reference (list) Page reference / Page reference (list) Metaobject reference / Metaobject reference (list)	Allows you to use the metafield to filter in the product index. You can activate this feature for a maximum of 50 metafield definitions.
Use as a filter in company index and company location index	Company and company location metafields: Single line text / Single line text (list) Product reference / Product reference (list) True or false Collection reference / Collection reference (list) Page reference / Page reference (list) Metaobject reference / Metaobject reference (list)	Allows you to use the metafield to filter in the company and company location index pages. You can activate this feature for a maximum of 50 metafield definitions.
Use in automated collections	Product metafields: Single line text Single line text (list) True or false Integer Decimal Rating	Allows you to use the metafield to create automated collections. You can activate this feature for a maximum of 128 metafield definitions.

Activate or deactivate features

1. In your Shopify Admin, go to Settings > Custom data.
2. Click the part of your store that has the custom data that you want to change the features for.
3. Click the custom data type.
4. In the Options section of the metafield or metaobject, select or deselect the feature options available.
5. Click Save.

Note

If you select Web pages feature, then Enable in Online Store is selected by default. If you have a Hydrogen storefront, then deselect Enable in Online Store.