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title: Import and export multi-value Shopify collection rules
date: 2026-07-29
description: The new Rule: Match Type column lets a collection rule match any or all of several values in one row, so exports no longer drop those rules.
tags: ["Smart Collections","Exports","Imports"]
categories: ["Changelog"]
url: https://www.getaltera.com/changelog/2026-07-29-collection-rule-match-type/
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Shopify's new collection rules can match any or all of several values in a single condition, like "tagged with any of sale, clearance". Until now those rules had no spreadsheet representation, so exports skipped them with a warning. Now they fit on a single row with the new **Rule: Match Type** column.

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### 🚀 What's New

- **Rule: Match Type column** - put several values in one rule row and set `any` or `all` to control how they combine (see [Collection fields](https://support.getaltera.com/en/articles/15945044-collection-fields)).
- **List values in Rule: Condition** - separate values with commas, or use a JSON array like `["Acme", "Smith, Jones & Co"]` when a value contains a comma.

### 🔧 Improvements

- **Complete collection exports** - rules whose any/all setting differs from the source's Must Match logic now export as one row instead of being skipped.
- **Safer round trips** - re-importing an exported Collections file with REPLACE keeps those rules on the collection.
- **Clear validation** - a match type that Shopify doesn't accept for the rule's relation is skipped with a warning that names the row.