Get customer data
In workflows that use customer data, you can use the Get customer data action to retrieve customer information from your store. You can use this action in any workflow, including the Scheduled time trigger. In a workflow that uses the Scheduled time trigger, the workflow starts at a time that you've specified, rather than as a result of an event. Because there is no specific event in your store or from an app that starts the workflow, there is no data automatically included.
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Fields
The Get customer data action contains the following fields.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Sort data by | Required. The parameters by which the data returned by the search query is sorted. |
| Maximum number of customers | Required. The maximum amount of customers that can be returned by the search query that you select. |
| Select a query to filter data | Required. The search query that obtains the data to be used in the workflow. Select Advanced to create your own customers query by using Shopify's API search syntax. |
| Edit query | The search query that's used to select customers. This query can be edited to customize the results. |
Returned data
The Get customer data action itself doesn't take any direct action in your store. Instead, it extracts data from your store based on your query, and makes this data available for use in subsequent steps in your workflow.
When you add a Get customer data action to a workflow, steps that follow this action have a Get customer data variable available in the variable picker. To use the data extracted by your query in following conditions or actions, select Get customer data in the Returned data section of the configuration panel. For custom created variables, use the getCustomerData object.
Triggers
The Get customer data action can be used in any workflow.
Example
In this example workflow, an internal email is sent if a new customer is created that has the Gold tag.