Customer reference metafields now work just like other reference types - Altera resolves them to something human-readable instead of raw Shopify GIDs.
🚀 What’s New#
- Customer references export as emails – customer reference metafields now show the customer’s email address instead of a GID.
- Import by email – importing a customer reference? Just use the email address and Altera will find the right customer.
- List support –
list.customer_referenceworks too, with comma-separated emails on export.
🔧 Improvements#
- Graceful fallback – if a customer has no email on file, the GID is kept in the export so no data is lost.
- Cross-store friendly – export from one store and import to another using email addresses instead of store-specific IDs.

