Check if - 5,000 entries

[AW]

Good afternoon

I would like to check if a postcode is within a list of 5,000. How can I do that?

I do not seem to be able to add 5,000 entries to the Check if... statement?

Many thanks

[paul_n]

Usually when a list gets huge, I'd recommend using metafields or metaobjects instead. For example, you could create a shop metafield and put all you zips in there, and then you can use that metafield in your Flow workflow.

[AW]

Thank you Paul.

Once I've created the shop metafield with the postcode values, how can I use this data in flow?

When I try to do Check if, Customer Zip is at least one of ......   it does not seem to let me compare it to a shop metafield value?

Many thanks

[paul_n]

It depends on the type of metafield you add. A zip is stored as a string, so I would use a string or list of strings (with one zip per item in the list). 

Once you have that set up, you can add the metafield to flow by going to "shop / metafield (requires arguments)". There, you'll be able to choose that metafield. If you use a list, you'll probably want to add that first in a condition (because you need to loop over the list). Then add the whichever zip as the second part of the condition. 

FYI, there's isn't yet a UI to set shop metafields...but there are some free apps that allow it like "metafields guru".