Update product metafield

The Update product metafield action adds a metafield to the product that triggers the workflow, or updates an existing metafield on that product.

Fields

The Update product metafield action contains the following fields.

Fields used in the Update product metafield action.

Field	Description
Metafield namespace	Required. A metafield namespace is a container for a group of metafields. Grouping metafields within a namespace prevents your metafields from conflicting with other metafields.
Key	Required. A key is an identifier for the metafield value.
Value	Required. The value is the information to be stored in the metafield. The value is always stored as a string, regardless of the metafield's type.
Type	The data type of the metafield's value.

Triggers

The Update product metafield action has a hidden field added to it by the trigger. This field, Product ID, identifies the product to add a metafield to. The product ID is set by default and can't be changed.

The Update product metafield action can be used in workflows that start with the following triggers:

• Inventory quantity changed
• Product added to store
• Product status updated
• Product variant added

Example

In this example workflow, a product metafield is added to all products when they're added to the store.

API details

To learn more, review the MetafieldInput input object.