Update product variant metafield

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

Fields

The Update product variant metafield action contains the following fields.

Fields used in actions that update metafields.

Field	Description
Metafield	Required. This dropdown selects a metafield by name or by namespace and key.
Namespace	Required when selecting an unstructured metafield. A namespace is a container for a group of metafield definitions. Grouping metafields within a namespace prevents your metafields from conflicting with other metafields.
Key	Required when selecting an unstructured metafield. A key is an identifier for the metafield definition.
Type	Required when selecting an unstructured metafield. The data type of the metafield's value.
Value	The value is the information to be stored in the metafield. Format the value according to its data type to avoid errors when the workflow runs.

Triggers

The Update product variant metafield action requires two fields, Product ID and Product variant ID, to identify the product and product variant to add a metafield to. The product ID and product variant ID are set by default and can't be changed. The Update product variant metafield action can be used in workflows that start with the following triggers:

• Inventory quantity changed
• Product variant added
• Variant back in stock
• Variant out of stock

API details

To learn more, review the MetafieldInput input object.

Templates

Send notifications for out of stock variants at a single location

Using a single location to fulfill online orders? Get notifications for out of stock variants. View template