I am trying to automatically change products in our store to draft at a set time via Flow and have not had any success. If anyone can help/ walk me through the if this is possible that would much appreciated,
Topic summary
Goal: Automatically set select products to Draft at a specific time using Shopify Flow to suspend ticket sales before an event, avoiding paid apps.
Proposed approach (latest guidance):
- Use a Scheduled time trigger to run at the desired cutoff time.
- Add Get product data with a query to target only the relevant products.
- Finish with Update product status to change those products to draft.
Targeting products: You can filter by attributes like title or tags via the query string in Get product data. Documentation links were provided for available product filters (Admin GraphQL), search syntax, and the Shopify GraphiQL app to test queries.
Key terms:
- Shopify Flow: automation tool with triggers (when to run) and actions (what to do).
- Get product data: retrieves products matching a query.
- Update product status: sets products to Draft.
Status/outcome: No final implementation shared yet. Next steps are to craft and test the product query (e.g., by title or tags) in GraphiQL, then deploy the Flow. Discussion remains open.
Hi @SGM24 
Depending on your goals, this might be possible with a Scheduled time trigger followed by a Get product data action that queries for the relevant products and then an Update product status action to change those products to draft.
What we are trying to do is create a online ticketed event without having to spend any money on an app. Therefore we need the product to be automatically set to draft at a certain time before the event to suspend sales. I have tried to set up a flow as you have mentioned but I struggle with knowing how to use the get product data for just products that we need to suspend sales on. Can you find individual products by product title with Get product data action.
You can find products by a number of attributes, such as title or tags, by defining a query in Get Product Data action. The documentation contains a link to the available product filters as well as guidance on syntax. You can test queries in your shop by using the Shopify GraphiQL app to ensure it returns what you expect.