Products (Commerce Product)
Products are imported from Shopify automatically (mirrored), and you can review and edit them in the Commerce Product app in the admin screen (Webtop). Alongside the basic information that comes from Shopify, this app also manages information you add on this side, such as multi-language descriptions and metafields.
What you can do in the Commerce Product app
When you open the Commerce Product app, each product can be edited in the following sections.
| Section | Contents | Where it's saved |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | Title, description, vendor, product type, tags, handle, and published status | Shopify (saving here updates Shopify) |
| Variants & stock | Price for each variant, and stock quantity at each location | Shopify |
| Localized content | Multi-language title and description (Japanese, English, etc.) | This side only (never sent to Shopify) |
| Metafields | Metafields managed on this side (field name, type, and value) | Saved on this side; can be sent to Shopify from the toolbar |
| Media | Adding, removing, and reordering product images, plus their alt text | Shopify |
| Planning | The quantity used as the baseline for stock checks (see "Inventory" for details) | This side only |
To use the sections that update Shopify (Overview, Variants & stock, and sending Metafields), the Admin API must be configured as part of the Shopify connection (see "Integration & ingestion"). Localized content and Planning can be edited and saved even without the Admin API configured.
Searching for products
Search in the Commerce Product app covers both information that comes from Shopify (title, tags, etc.) and information added on this side (multi-language descriptions, metafields).
Prerequisites
Before you can edit a product's information, that product must already have been imported into this side. Import happens in one of two ways:
- Automatically, when the product is created or updated in Shopify (this requires the Shopify connection to be set up — see "Integration & ingestion")
- Through the matching check in "Operations tools" (which checks for discrepancies against Shopify)
Products that have never been imported will not appear in the Commerce Product app's search results.