Is the value of variant metafields retained after a product CSV import?

I’m looking at replacing an internal product tag used for inventory control with a variant-level true/false metafield. Am I correct that it seems like there’s no way to add the metafield value in bulk and it must be done one variant screen at a time?? :skull:

Holy moly… so say I suffer through this and set the metafield value for every variant in the store.

  1. The next time I import a product CSV and overwrite existing data, will they be wiped out? Where is this product value actually STORED?
  2. If they’re hopefully preserved through a csv import, is that still the case if I change something like an option setting that causes new variant ID numbers to be generated?

I just want to make sure that if I undertake the apparently significant data entry task to set this up that it isn’t transient and the variant-meta info doesn’t get nuked the first time we do some kind of mass-CSV update with the products.

For real though… bulk edit… why isn’t it there???

Hi @amanda-91 ,

You can only edit it with the app, as products admin doesn’t support you to change this. Refer https://apps.shopify.com/bulk-product-edit

Or you can also contact Shopify directly for support, refer https://help.shopify.com/en/questions#/contact