Exports no longer always include ID and Handle

Exports no longer always include ID and Handle. You can clear them and the other identifier columns, and your file has only the columns that you select.

Improvements

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• Selected columns only - new exports no longer add ID, Handle, Variant ID, Variant SKU, Email, or Name when you clear them.
• Identifier warning - the export page shows a one-line warning when an object has no identifier column selected.
• Altera CLI - altera export create also exports only the columns that you name.

Heads-up

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• Importing the file back - imports use the identifier column to find existing records, so keep one if you plan to import the file (see How imports find existing Shopify products).
• Existing exports - Run again and scheduled runs keep their current columns, so use Duplicate to create an export without them.
• AI tools - exports from connected AI tools still include an identifier column all the time.