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Schedule Product Collection Changes by Metafield Date

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Automatically update products based on a scheduled date using a custom metafield. This workflow runs daily, checks each product for a specific date metafield, and when that date matches today, it performs a series of updates—such as clearing the metafield, removing the product from one collection (like “Coming Soon”), and adding it to another (like “New Arrivals”).

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How this template works:

Step 1.

Schedule your workflow

Triggers the workflow daily to evaluate product metafields and manage collection changes.

Schedule your workflow
Step 2.

Get list from "Coming Soon" collection

Retrieves up to 100 products from the "Coming Soon" collection for processing.

Get list from "Coming Soon" collection
Step 3.

Checks if products exist in collection

Ensures there are products in the collection before continuing.

Checks if products exist in "Coming Soon" collection
Step 4.

Loop over products in collection

Iterates through each product in the collection.

Loop over products in "Coming Soon" collection
Step 5.

Retrieve product metafield

Retrieves the custom.publish_date metafield from each product to compare against today’s date.

Retrieve product metafield
Step 6.

Check if product metafield is today

Compares the metafield value to the current date to determine if the product should be moved.

Check if product metafield is today
Step 7.

Clear product metafield

Prepares data to clear the publish_date metafield for products scheduled for movement.

Clear product metafield
Step 8.

Get list of "Coming Soon" collection

Looks up the "Coming Soon" collection to confirm where the product currently exists.

Get list of "Coming Soon" collection
Step 9.

Get list of collects

Checks if the product is assigned to the "Coming Soon" collection.

Get list of collects
Step 10.

Remove product from "Coming Soon" collection

Removes the product from the "Coming Soon" collection.

Remove product from "Coming Soon" collection
Step 11.

Add product to "New Arrivals" collection

Adds the product to the "New Arrivals" collection.

Schedule Product Collection Changes by Metafield Date

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