Product variant out of stock

The Product variant out of stock trigger starts a workflow when the inventory for a product variant decreases from 1 or more to 0 or less. 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 Product variant out of stock 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 Product variant out of stock trigger.

Data that is provided to workflows with the Product variant out of stock trigger.

Data	Description
productVariant	The product variant which had its inventory quantity changed.

Testing the Product variant out of stock trigger

To test a workflow that starts with this trigger, change a variants's inventory from greater than 0 to 0.

Examples

The Flow template library has examples that make use of the Product variant out of stock trigger. These examples show how to make use of inventory for products, variants, and per location.

Actions

Any action that requires a variant or a product can be used with the Product variant out of stock trigger. These include:

• Add product tags
• Add product to collections
• Create redirect URL
• Delete redirect URLs
• Publish product
• Remove product from collections
• Remove product metafield
• Remove product tags
• Unpublish product

• Update product metafield

• Remove product variant metafield

• Update product metafield

• Update product variant metafield

API details

The Product variant out of stock trigger allows actions to be taken with the Product Variant Graphql API object.