Cannot see variant metafields in bulk editing

[dartacus]

Hi,

Has bulk editing been changed recently? As recently as 2 weeks ago I was able to use the Inventory view to select all my products and then use the edit columns feature to see/edit a variant custom metafield for all of my inventory.

This has now disappeared. Bulk editing at the product level does not give me access to my variant metafields, and bulk editing at the inventory level is now restricted to SKU and stock levels only, I am no longer able to use it to change variant metafields in bulk.

Has anyone else got the same problem? Was this an intentional change by Shopify?

Many thanks,

Gareth

Edit - you can do this on a per-product basis still, but that's it. No longer possible for all your variants at once, or a subset of your variants at once. Just one product at a time. This will take HOURS longer than it used to now.

[lynth]

Hi, try using the Metafields Guru app - there is a way to display variant's metafields and edit them.

[dartacus]

Thank you, but I am not paying a monthly fee for something that was included as built-in Shopify functionality the last time I logged in.

G

[lynth]

There is a free plan, you could check if it will be good enough for you. I think you are not able to do it natively with Shopify. Maybe with Admin graphQL API.

[dartacus]

Thank you again for your response. I could see that there was a "free" plan, by which they actually meant free *install*. I would be required to purchase credits in order to actually do anything meaningful.

API integrations are one answer, but this will not be accessible to most people, and I also seem to recall that API integration is only available for the higher tiers of subscription.

This was built-in, free and simple until now. I'm hoping that this is just a bug and not an intentional change. I really am not sure why this functionality would be intentionally removed.

G

[lynth]

You are right, you need also a second and not a free plan to use its functionality. To be honest I don't recall that it was possible to edit variant's metafields with bulk natively. But, it would be great if I might hope they will revert it. 

[meryjane82]

Yeah, it looks like Shopify changed how bulk editing handles variant meta fields. Frustrating if you were relying on that workflow moon phase match calculator. Have you checked if a third-party app might help as a workaround.

[dartacus]

Thanks for the confirmation. There's plenty of apps, but I resent paying for something that was built-in until now.

G