productSet doesn't work if i want to use linkedMetafields for options

Technical Q&A
1

Hi,
I have an issue with the productSet mutations, i try to create a product with two variants (example) and use the linkedMetafields .
But this doesn’t work and continue to give me error ; i also follow the documentation at this link but doesn’t work.
This is my request :

mutation createProductAsynchronous($productSet: ProductSetInput!, $synchronous: Boolean!) {
  productSet(synchronous: $synchronous, input: $productSet) {
    product {
      id
      title
      options(first: 5) {
        name
        position
        optionValues {
          name
        }
      }
      variants(first: 10) {
        nodes {
          price
          selectedOptions {
            name
            optionValue {
              id
              name
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
    userErrors {
      code
      field
      message
    }
  }
}

{
  "productSet": {
    "title": "T-Shirt Example",
    "productOptions": [
      {
        "name": "Colore",
        "linkedMetafield": {
          "namespace": "shopify-color-pattern",
          "key": "color"
        }
      }
    ],
    "variants": [
      {
        "optionValues": [
          {
            "optionName": "Colore",
            "linkedMetafieldValue": "gid://shopify/Metaobject/111804973254"
          }
        ],
        "price": "29.99",
        "sku": "TSHIRT-PURE",
        "barcode": "0123456789012"
      },
      {
        "optionValues": [
          {
            "optionName": "Colore",
            "linkedMetafieldValue": "gid://shopify/Metaobject/111804973254"
          }
        ],
        "price": "29.99",
        "sku": "TSHIRT-LINEN",
        "barcode": "2109876543210"
      }
    ]
  },
  "synchronous": true
}

The error returned :

{
  "data": {
    "productSet": {
      "product": null,
      "userErrors": [
        {
          "code": "OPTION_VALUES_MISSING",
          "field": [
            "input",
            "productOptions",
            "0"
          ],
          "message": ‘Colore’ must specify at least one option value."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "extensions": {
    "cost": {
      "requestedQueryCost": 66,
      "actualQueryCost": 50,
      "throttleStatus": {
        "maximumAvailable": 20000,
        "currentlyAvailable": 19950,
        "restoreRate": 1000
      }
    }
  }
}
2

Thanks for bringing that up.
You’re right—productSet doesn’t support linkedMetafields for options at the moment. If you’re trying to achieve something specific with it, let me know and I’ll see if there’s another way we can make it work.

3

How is it not supported? The documentation says yes, and then from the back office you can do