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| Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|
| Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - | 
Oct 1, 2024 |
Business value
Metafields give you a flexible way to add and store extra information about a Shopify resource, such as a product or variant. You can sync and manage metafield data from Business Central by using the UI or the extensibility model. With the extensibility model, you can map fields, attributes, or related entries in Business Central to metafields in Shopify.
Feature details
Shopify's platform includes data models for fundamental commerce concepts. However, commerce is diverse and often requires more complex or specific data models. With the custom data platform, you can extend Shopify's data models and create your own data models by using metafields. Metafields give you a flexible way to add and store extra information about a Shopify resource, such as a product or variant. You can store almost any kind of extra information in metafields. Some examples are specifications, size charts, downloadable documents, release dates, images, or part numbers.
You can now import and export data stored in metafields into Business Central. You can also use an extensibility model that developers use to map standard or custom fields, attributes, or other related entries in Business Central to metafields in Shopify.
You can view and edit metafields on the Shopify Metafields page. Open this page from the Shopify Products and Shopify Variants pages.
Note
The page is editable when the Product Sync field is set to Products to Shopify and the Can update Shopify products toggle is on. When you add a new record, the connector immediately sends a request to Shopify. The connector stores the entry when it receives a response with the Shopify ID for the metafield. You can't edit types that have AssistEdit functionality defined directly on the line.
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Additional resources
Import and export product information using Shopify Metafields (docs)