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Added customer and product metafields to order exports

Order exports now support additional metafield types, giving you richer context about customers, products, and variants without running separate exports. πŸš€ What’s New # Customer metafields – export metafields from the customer associated with each order. Product metafields – export metafields from products in order line items. Variant metafields – export metafields from variants in order line items. πŸ”§ Improvements # Metafield column headers now show the owner type (Customer, Product, or Variant) for clarity when multiple metafield types are included. Empty metafield columns are included in exports to maintain consistent structure across files.

Control data access with API key permissions

You can now set specific permissions on API keys to control which data types each key can export or import, giving you better security and access control for integrations. πŸš€ What’s New # API key permissions – limit export and import access on a per-data-type basis when creating or editing API keys. Granular access control – restrict keys to only the data types they need, like products-only or orders-only access.

Expanded customer filters

Customer exports now support more ways to narrow down your audience. πŸš€ What’s New # Order date filter – export customers based on when they last placed orders. Total spent filter – find customers by their lifetime spending amount. Date created filter – filter by when customer accounts were created. Tag filter – export customers with specific tags.

Article reference metafields support

We’ve added support for article_reference and list.article_reference metafields which Shopify introduced on September 23rd. This will make it easier to link articles in your metafield data. πŸš€ What’s New # Article reference metafields – import and export article_reference and list.article_reference metafield types. Handle-based resolution – reference articles using their handles (blog.article_handle) for easier data management.

Save and reuse export configurations

Setting up exports with specific fields, filters, and options can be time-consuming when you need to run the same export regularly. You can now save your export configurations and reuse them instantly. πŸš€ What’s New # Saved configurations – save any export setup with a custom name for quick reuse. Configuration management – view, edit, and delete saved configurations from Settings β†’ Export Configurations. One-click loading – apply saved configurations instantly when creating new exports. πŸ”§ Improvements # Export creation – streamlined workflow with saved configuration options in the sidebar. Settings β†’ Export Configurations page – dedicated section for managing all your saved export configurations.

Altera CLI launched

You can now manage your Shopify files from your terminal. Our new CLI lets you script uploads and downloads, making it easy to automate media management. To get started, go to the settings page of the app to generate an API key. The CLI tool currently supports uploading and downloading files from Shopify Files. Soon we will add support for imports and exports. Learn more about the tool in our CLI overview.

Discount line items in orders export

Orders exports now include discount line items, giving you complete visibility into discount applications and their impact on order totals. πŸš€ What’s New # Discount line items – orders exports now include a dedicated line item type for discounts applied to orders. Discount codes – see which discount codes were used on each order. Discount allocations – view how discounts were distributed across line items with negative amounts showing the discount value.

Option top export only matched variants

Target only the rows you need. When product exports use variant filters, you can now choose to export just the matching variants-without including the rest of the product’s variants. Previously the variant filter was just used to identify products to export, but now you can choose to export only the matching variants. πŸš€ What’s New # Variant-filtered exports – export only matched variants when variant filters are applied to a products export.

Clone export settings

We’ve added a faster way to repeat exports without rebuilding configuration. πŸš€ What’s New # Clone export settings – duplicate an export’s configuration from the Export details, including filters, so you can quickly run similar jobs.

Variant reference metafields use handle.title format

Moving variant-linked data between stores is now simpler and more readable. πŸ”§ Improvements # Variant reference exports – now use [product handle].[variant title] for clearer spreadsheets and easier cross-store moves (Metafields reference). Variant reference imports – accept the same handle.title format; escape commas in variant titles with a backslash (e.g., Red \, Large) (Metafields reference). Lists supported – works for list.variant_reference columns as well.