Altera Changelog
2025
- Order updating for key fields now supportedJul 17 Update existing orders with new shipping addresses, tracking information, and other essential fields.
- Flexible CSV delimiter supportJul 17 Import CSV files with any standard delimiter - commas, tabs, semicolons, and pipes.
- Payment terms support for orders and draft ordersJul 16 Import and export payment terms data with your Shopify orders and draft orders.
- B2B companies import supportJul 15 Import B2B companies, locations, and customer contacts
- Blog posts get published status and timestampsJul 14 New columns for blog posts let you control published state and view creation/update timestamps.
- HTML to JSON conversion for rich text metafieldsJul 14 Rich text metafields now automatically convert HTML values to Shopify's JSON format during import.
- Better default filters for metafield and metaobject definitionsJul 14 Metafield and metaobject definition exports now exclude Shopify-managed definitions by default, preventing import errors.
- Metaobject definitions import and exportJul 10 Import and export your custom metaobject definitions between Shopify stores with full field configuration support.
- Draft orders import now availableJul 10 You can now import draft orders with complete line items and customer data.
- Discount import/export fixes for Buy X Get Y offersJul 9 Fixed issues with importing and exporting Buy X Get Y discounts that apply to specific products or collections.
- Improved metafield handling for large product catalogsJul 7 We've improved how metafields are processed for large product catalogs, making the export process faster and more reliable.
- Set market prices during product importJul 7 You can now set market-specific prices immediately when creating new products instead of having to update them with a separate import afterwards.
- Export popup shows applied filtersJul 2 Clicking on an object type in the export detail page now shows both selected fields and applied filters.
- Improved Excel file supportJun 30 Better handling of corrupted or legacy Excel files with automatic fallback processing
- Discount import improvementsJun 29 Title column now optional when using codes, and start date defaults to current time.
- Exact export counts for large datasetsJun 28 Export previews will now show exact counts instead of '10,000+' for products, orders, customers, collections, and draft orders.
- Better blog post validation and exportsJun 28 Improved validation for blog post dates and enhanced metafield exports for blog posts.
- Blog post import and export improvementsJun 26 Fixed publish date handling in blog imports and added filtering options for blog exports.
- Export directly from Shopify admin pagesJun 25 New admin extensions let you export products, orders, customers, collections, and discounts without leaving Shopify admin pages.
- SEO metafields always included in collection exportsJun 24 Collection exports now always include the SEO title and description fields, even if they are empty or set to their default values.
- Product imports support existing image filesJun 23 Import products using existing file names to avoid duplicate uploads and attach media more efficiently.
- Unit pricing support for productsJun 23 Import and export unit pricing information to help customers understand price-per-unit for your products.
- Catalog imports now create publications automaticallyJun 23 Fixed catalog imports to automatically create publications in the API, improving import reliability with additional validation checks.
- Payouts export supportJun 19 Export comprehensive payout and transaction data from your Shopify Payments account for accounting and reporting.
- Draft orders export supportJun 19 Export draft order data from your Shopify store for analysis and record keeping.
- Catalogs import and export supportJun 11 Full import and export support for Shopify catalogs with products and pricing
- Improved job cancellation experienceJun 10 Better visual feedback when canceling jobs and ability to download partial results from cancelled exports and imports.
- Discounts import and export supportJun 10 Full support for importing and exporting Shopify discounts including codes, automatic discounts, free shipping, and buy-x-get-y offers.
- ZIP file import and export supportJun 9 Import and export Shopify data using ZIP files containing CSV files, making it easier to handle multiple data types in a single archive.
- Shopify Markets support with pricingMay 29 Import and export products with market-specific pricing and availability across multiple international markets.
- Pages support metafields and filteringMay 26 Pages now support metafield imports/exports and filtering capabilities for better content management.