Filter Based on printer series

Topic summary

Goal: add collection-page filters for products by compatible printer series, similar to the linked example site.

Approaches discussed:

  • Product tags + Shopify’s Search & Discovery app: add printer-series tags to products, then configure filters in the app. Considered the simplest and supports products compatible with multiple printers.
  • Product metafields: create a product metafield, set values per product, and add it as a filter in Search & Discovery. Screenshots (images) were shared showing how to configure this.

Key clarifications:

  • For products with multiple compatible printers, using a single-line text metafield as a list raised concerns. The recommendation was to use tags instead.
  • It was stated that implementing multi-value filtering via metafields in Search & Discovery is not possible without custom code.

Current status/outcome:

  • Guidance favors tags for multi-printer compatibility and straightforward filter setup in Search & Discovery.
  • Using metafields for this scenario likely requires custom code; not resolved within the app alone.
  • The thread remains open; no final implementation steps confirmed by the original poster.
Summarized with AI on December 29. AI used: gpt-5.

Hello @AnneLuo
Thank you for your response, I have one doubt for the metafield that I have to keep its type as Single Line Text and it should be List of value, right? If one products contain more than one compatible printers