Can I Use Shopify Flow to Create an Order Tag From a Metafield Entry (not customer facing)

[jameselliott]

Hi all,

First time asking a question. We are using an order metafield to create a date field called Requested Date that is only for our admin to complete in an order.

We would like to use Shopify Flow to automate a workflow that creates an Order Tag with the value of the date field and applies it to the order.

I've tried using Order Created as the initial action but we fill in the Requested Date field after an order comes in so it doesn't trigger anything.

Is this possible?

I have added an image that shows what I have done so far, it works but only when I fulfill the order, we need the tag to appear when the metafield is updated ideally.

[Tomas_Baena · Accepted solution]

Hi James,

Since we don't have a trigger event for order metafield updated, you could use a Wait action following the Order created trigger to delay the remainder of the workflow you've shared a reasonable amount of time for your admin to enter that metafield data.

Thanks,
Tomas

[jameselliott]

Thank you Tomas, that is a good solution. We're going to also look at providing customers with a calendar on the cart page so they can pick the desired delivery date.