Make sure there is no white space in the field.
I need more detail than “did not work” to be able to help. Can you describe what is happening now?
This query for example works in my store:
tag_not:test AND tag_not:lens AND inventory_total:>0
Topic summary
Goal: Build a Shopify Flow “Get product data” query to email products with inventory_total <= 0 while excluding specific tags.
What went wrong:
- A comma-separated exclusion list is invalid syntax. When queries fail, Flow returns all products (explains the 100-item email including excluded tags).
- Correct approach is separate conditions joined with AND, e.g., tag_not:Cookie AND tag_not:Cupcake … AND inventory_total:<=0. Also ensure no whitespace in field names.
- Reference: Shopify search syntax documentation was provided.
Current status:
- After switching to multiple tag_not conditions, the result still included excluded tags. No confirmed fix yet for the original Flow query. Suggested next step: simplify to a minimal working query (e.g., tag_not:Cookie AND inventory_total:<=0) and add clauses incrementally.
Related update (resolved):
- In a GraphQL orders query, tag_not with a multi-word tag returned the opposite result until the tag was quoted: orders(query:“tag_not:‘Special Terms’”). This indicates tags with spaces must be wrapped in single quotes.
Outcome: Partially resolved. Original issue remains open; additional debugging of syntax and incremental testing recommended.