FLOW: Is there any way to leave a "Stamp" to know which flow updated a certain object? Ex. Product

[wonena-dev]

I'm using the Mutations in Shopify Flow, and none of the Input Fields allow me to link it to the Flow Run that affected it. It would be ideal. The only way is if I create a Metafield.

As an example, check input fields. It allows you to leave a date but nothing else.

https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2024-01/mutations/publishablePublish

[Kalen_Jordan]

A metafield would probably be the way to go here. Is there a reason you don't want to go that route?

[wonena-dev]

I am learning to return additional fields like the metafield as a Payload Return. It looks like the probable way I'd go

[PaulNewton]

There's no annotations, or proper logging system in shopify.

Nor ,afaik,  no publicly documented introspection for flow or variables for our usage like process run id etc that we could use to generate navigation links to runs or the flow itself; research needed.

So it's either metafields as Kalen noted, with like a datestamp and harcoded string of the flow name(label).

Or if "stamp" is not just an indicator but a pseudo log use metaobject entries.

Also see

https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/shopify-flow/monitor