Inventory quantity changed

The Inventory quantity changed trigger starts a workflow when inventory is changed for a specific product variant. The source of the inventory change can be an order, a manual change to inventory, or an app that changes inventory quantities.

Note

To start a workflow with the Inventory quantity changed trigger, products must have Track quantity checked.

This trigger allows the use of actions that affect products and variants. For workflows that affect inventory items, use the Inventory item created trigger instead.

Draft orders do not affect available inventory until the draft orders are converted to orders.

Data provided

The following data is provided to workflows that start with the Inventory quantity changed trigger.

Data that is provided to workflows with the Inventory quantity changed trigger.

Data	Description
product	The product which had its inventory quantity changed.
productVariant	The product variant which had its inventory quantity changed.
inventoryQuantityPrior	The previous inventory quantity for the product variant.

Testing the Inventory quantity changed trigger

To test a workflow that starts with this trigger, change a product's inventory.

Examples

The Flow template library has many examples that make use of the Inventory quantity changed trigger. These examples show how to make use of inventory for products, variants, and per location.

Actions

The following actions can be used in workflows that start with the Inventory quantity changed trigger.

• Add product tags
• Add product to collections
• Create redirect URL
• Delete redirect URLs
• Hide product
• Publish product
• Remove product from collections
• Remove product metafield
• Remove product tags
• Remove product variant metafield
• Remove shop metafield
• Send HTTP request
• Send internal email
• Update product metafield
• Update product variant metafield
• Update shop metafield
• Wait

API details

The Inventory quantity changed trigger allows actions to be taken with the Product Graphql API object.