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title: Reference metafields resolve within the same product import
date: 2026-09-25
description: Reference metafields that refer to other items created in the same product import now resolve correctly.
tags: ["Products","Imports"]
categories: ["Changelog"]
url: https://www.getaltera.com/changelog/2026-09-25-reference-metafields-resolve-within-the-same-import/
---
A `product_reference` or `variant_reference` metafield can now point at a new product that's created in the same import file. This removes the need to run the file twice for the links to set up.

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### 🚀 What's New

- **Generated Metafields step** - a reference that still does not resolve after its row is written gets a second attempt after every sheet has run, in a step of its own on the job page (see [Generated Metafields](https://support.getaltera.com/en/articles/11776434-metafields#generated-metafields)).
- **Metafields sheet** - a sheet named `Metafields` sets one metafield per row on products, variants, customers, companies, orders, and draft orders, in the layout Matrixify uses (see [Import metafields as a sheet](https://support.getaltera.com/en/articles/11776434-metafields#import-metafields-as-a-sheet)).
- **Results sheet** - an Excel results file gets a `Generated Metafields` sheet with the outcome of each reference, so you can correct a handle there and import that sheet again.