Metaobject exports now convert reference field GIDs to handles or filenames, making it simple to import metaobjects with references across different Shopify stores.
🔧 Improvements # Metaobject reference fields – now export as handles instead of GIDs, matching the behavior of regular reference metafields on products and other objects. Cross-store migrations – metaobjects with reference fields can now be imported to different stores without manual GID updates. This brings metaobject exports in line with how other reference metafields work. Metaobject imports already support using handles or filenames instead of GIDs, so you can now complete a full export-import cycle across stores without editing your files.
Previously, you could only select entire field groups when configuring exports. Now you can click on any selected field group to pick exactly which fields you want to include.
🚀 What’s New # Individual field selection - click on a selected field group to open a modal where you can choose specific fields from that group. Select all button - quickly select or deselect all fields within a group with one click. 🔧 Improvements # Export configurations now save individual field lists instead of field groups for more precise control. Field selection gives you smaller export files by including only the columns you need.
You can now export translations for products, collections, pages, and other Shopify resources. The exported files work with Shopify’s native translation import, plus we’ve added helpful columns to make it easier to identify what you’re translating.
🚀 What’s New # Translations export – export translations for products, collections and other Shopify resources. Shopify-compatible format – exported files can be imported directly into Shopify’s admin at Settings > Languages. Extra context columns – exports include Handle, Parent Type, Parent ID, and Parent Handle columns to help identify nested resources like metafields. Locale filtering – filter exports by specific languages or exclude languages using comma-separated values. Resource type filtering – export only the resource types you need (products, collections, pages, etc.). ⚠️ Heads-up # Export only – this feature currently supports export only. Translation imports are planned for a future update. (Update: As of February 2026, translation imports are now supported.) Work in progress – we’re actively developing this feature and welcome your feedback at support@getaltera.com.
Products can now include country-specific harmonized system (HS) codes, which are required for international shipping and customs in many countries. We’ve added support to import and export these codes alongside your product data.
🚀 What’s New # Country-specific HS codes – import and export harmonized system codes that vary by country for the same product variant. Invalid HS code validation – imports now validate HS codes and show clear error messages when codes are invalid.
Filtering orders by product name makes it easier to isolate orders containing specific items for fulfillment, inventory analysis, and sales reporting. If a single line item title matches the filter, the order and all its line items will be included in the export.
🚀 What’s New # Line item title – filter orders by the title of any product in the order.
Relative date filters have been updated to use full period boundaries, providing more predictable and consistent filtering results.
🚀 What’s New # Last X hours filter – new filter option for hourly-based filtering (e.g., “last 3 hours”) Full period boundaries – all relative date filters now export data from complete time periods, not rolling windows 🔧 How It Works # The “relative date” filter now exports data from the last full time period, similar to how Matrixify handles it:
Filtering orders by location makes it easier to target exports for regional reporting, shipping analysis, and tax compliance.
🚀 What’s New # Shipping country code – filter orders by the country code of the shipping address. Billing country code – filter orders by the country code of the billing address.
You can now use SFTP as a remote connection type alongside FTP and HTTP URLs, making it easier to securely transfer files to your existing infrastructure.
🚀 What’s New # SFTP connection type – connect to SFTP servers using SSH-based authentication with username and password. Automatic directory creation – directories are created automatically when uploading files to paths that don’t exist yet. File path display – see the exact remote file path after your export completes on the job detail page. 🔧 Improvements # Connection timeout – configurable timeout settings for SFTP connections (defaults to 120 seconds). Error codes – new error codes for SFTP-specific failures like authentication issues (RMT044) and connection failures (RMT043).
You can now import and export the shipping profile assigned to each product variant, making it easier to manage how different products are shipped to your customers.
🚀 What’s New # Variant Shipping Profile – new column lets you assign variants to specific shipping profiles during import and see current assignments during export. 🔧 Improvements # Flexible profile matching – specify shipping profiles by name, numeric ID, or full GraphQL ID when importing, and the app finds the right match. Smart profile lookup – the app caches shipping profiles and matches them efficiently, even when using partial identifiers.
You can now run imports and exports directly from your command line using the Altera CLI. This makes it easy to automate data management workflows, integrate Altera into your development process, and script bulk operations.
🚀 What’s New # CLI export command - Export Shopify data with filters, custom field selection, and multiple output formats CLI import command - Import spreadsheets with automatic file analysis and validation Job status tracking - Check the status of any job from the command line CLI command preview - The export create page now shows you the equivalent CLI command for your configuration 📖 Examples # Export products with specific fields and filters:
