Flow - add Custom Attribute to Customer Metafield

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I am trying to use Shopify Flow to add details from an Order to the Custom Attribute connected to the Customer.

I can get Flow to do the following:

  • Start when order created
  • Check if Custom Attribute, then

I’m stumped at how to get the Custom Attribute to be added to the Customer.

The Metafield details are:
Name: School
Namespace and key: global.School
Single line text with no validations.

What values should I add for each of the following: Metafield namespace, Key & Value?

Many thanks

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Refer to existing premade flow templates when hitting roadblocks there’s one that use metafields , and one that deal with attributes , to have a hands on examples of using metafields and attributes.

Also dig into the dedicated flow forum https://community.shopify.com/category/flow

Use the update-customer-metafield https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/shopify-flow/reference/actions/update-customer-metafield

Example flow templates

And “Using customAttributes (aka line item properties) in conditions and actions”

https://shopify.com/admin/apps/flow/web/editor/templates/888b29d0-2ebd-4304-b94f-894d99af85d1

“Track how often customer have gotten refund in customer metafield” https://shopify.com/admin/apps/flow/web/editor/templates/730eb95c-1269-42d2-889c-55ad20e3dd51

Good Hunting.

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Hi there, did you find a way to do this using Flow? We have done this before but not using a Flow - we created a custom/private app instead.

Let us know, thanks.

WhiteWater Web