Shopify Flow reference
Shopify Flow is an ecommerce automation platform that enables you to automate tasks and processes within your store and across your apps by creating workflows using triggers, conditions, and actions.
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Workflow components
Workflow component | Description | Example |
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Triggers | A trigger is an event that starts a workflow, and can be something that happens in your store or in an app. A trigger can be an internal event in Shopify, a specific time and date, or an external event within a third-party application. For each trigger, there is a list of related actions that you can use in your workflow. | A workflow is triggered when new order is created in your store. |
Conditions | A condition determines whether an action is taken, based on criteria that you set. They can check against the properties of the trigger event as well as properties of objects that are involved in the event, such as orders, products, and customers. | A condition is set to check whether the total amount paid for the order is over $200 USD. |
Actions | An action can make changes in your store, affect data in the workflow, or do something with an external app or service. | Actions can add order tags, remove customer tags, or hold fulfillment orders. Actions can also send emails or send HTTP requests to external services. |
Connectors | Connectors are actions provided by Flow that support features from third-party services such as Slack or Google Sheets. | Connectors can send Slack messages or add a row to Google Sheets. |
Examples & templates
Review some examples of workflows that you can use in Shopify Flow.