29 new Shopify metafield measurement types

Altera now imports and exports the full set of Shopify measurement metafield types - adding 29 new types alongside the existing weight, dimension, and volume.

What’s New

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• New measurement types - Adds support for antenna_gain, area, battery_charge_capacity, battery_energy_capacity, capacitance, concentration, data_storage_capacity, data_transfer_rate, display_density, distance, duration, electric_current, electrical_resistance, energy, frequency, illuminance, inductance, luminous_flux, mass_flow_rate, power, pressure, resolution, rotational_speed, sound_level, speed, temperature, thermal_power, voltage, and volumetric_flow_rate (plus the list. variant of each).
• JSON value format - Values use Shopify’s standard {"value": 21.5, "unit": "celsius"} format. Unit names match Shopify’s canonical strings and are case-insensitive (see the metafields reference).

Heads-up

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• Inline shorthand like 2.5kg or 10cm continues to work for weight, dimension, and volume. The new types only accept the JSON form, since many of them share ambiguous abbreviations (for example, “c” could mean celsius, centimeters, or calories).