Hello everyone. I have big struggles trying to figure out the “New” Category Metafields feature. So far i can conclude the predefined field options are linked to the shopify´s taxonomy, great! But where is the option to apply you own metafields as the predefined ones are not cutting it. First th…

Hi @AlexWS You can learn all about custom metafields here: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/custom-data/metafields It’s my understanding that the new taxonomy metafields are more category based and will help search engines as I think it matches up with Googles taxonomy. I would recommend you fi…

Yes, I have the same Issue. The concept of the product category metafields is great because right now we have product metafields for beans, accessoiries, grinders and espresso machines. So for employees it’s always hard to create new products and choose the right metafields. With product category me…

Hi Mike, Are you still looking to solve this? It sounds to me like you’re wanting metafields with pre-defined options to choose from?

No, not at all. Metafields with predefined lists is an easy one. I want to create new product category metafields and/or edit the existing ones.

I’m here searching for exactly the same thing as our product catalogue encompasses SO many product types I currently have a lot of standard product metafields named like: BICYCLES | Number of Gears BICYCLES | Suspension CHRISTMAS | Character Type VEHICLES | Vehicle Type Suitability To help sta…

I think what you’re looking for is now available in the Winter '25 Edition: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/custom-data/metafields/category-metafields/add-category-metafields

https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/custom-data/metafields/category-metafields/add-category-metafields

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abishekrs August 28, 2024, 7:17pm 4

Are there any docs on how to set the values for these using GraphQL API? I can’t seem to find this.

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