How can I create a list of items not displayed in collections?

How can I create a list of items not displayed in collections?

DaniHud
Visitor
1 0 2

Is it possible to create a list showing items that are shown in Products but NOT showing in Collections?  I have had occasion where I am missing an item on in my Shop and when I look at the product it has no Collection assigned to it.  To save myself time and to ensure I don't miss any, a list would be so handy to have.  Any help on this would be really appreciated.  Many thanks in advance.

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osamafarooqi71
Shopify Partner
259 22 45

Hello @DaniHud , would you like to explain more about how you want to show the products that are not part of any collection? You can always visit to products tab in the Shopify dashboard and check products manually.

if you want to have a count then simply you can add every product of the store to a main collection let's say "Home Collection" and then count all other collection items. But, it has some limitations, it's only suitable if you have distinguished products in all the collections. And, if you have a product that could be in multiple collections then this will not be a suitable approach.

 

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aibyaj
Tourist
3 0 4

Not the poster...  I just want to find out what products are not in a collection so I can update the tags so that they show up in a collection.  It should be a simple canned report that shows products and collections.  I dont want to go down through over 100 products to look at each one and see if it is in a collection.

aibyaj
Tourist
3 0 4

Even the ability to add collection column to the product list....

Ablestar_Daniel
Shopify Partner
136 23 49

Hello,

 

Another option would be to use our Ablestar Bulk Product Editor app which can search for products with no collections:

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Once you've identified those products you can either:

 

  • Click on Export to generate a CSV file of those products
  • Click on Edit Products to bulk edit the products (eg, add them all to a specific collection)
  • Click on the individual product to edit it by itself

Some apps might create Automated Collections  (a common one that we see is named "Smart Products Filter Index - Do not delete"). If you want to exclude these collections the app also has a filter for 'Not in any Manual Collection' which should work.

 

Best,

Daniel

 

Founder @ Ablestar ✦
Manage product data, spreadsheets, Google Shopping data, and metafields with Ablestar Bulk Product Editor. Use previews, undos, and automations to be confident your product data is correct.
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outlier
Tourist
6 0 5

Here we are in mid 2024 and this easy to fix and obviously needed capability has exactly zero progress. 

 

If this company employs any usability testers, ux researchers, or anything of the like, I would be interested to know why they still have their jobs. 

WooCommerceLuvr
Visitor
2 0 1

I totally agree. Coming from WooCommerce I find Shopify frustrating.

 

Why would Shopify display Categories in the Products listing page and not Collections?

 

I don't think anyone in Shopify Dev has ever run their own shop.

 

I found that the Ablestar plugin worked for me.

outlier
Tourist
6 0 5

Here we are in mid 2024 and this easy to fix and obviously needed capability has exactly zero progress. I cannot believe the reply was "why would you want that?" when the incredibly obvious answer is to make sure everything gets assigned to a collection without visiting each and every item separately. 

 

If this company employs any usability testers, ux researchers, or anything of the like, I would be interested to know why they still have their jobs.