It seems like the last update broke or intentionally removed the SKU fields from the product page variant editor. How do I restore this functionality as I can no longer create or edit product variant SKUs. [shopify-variant-sku03.png]

If an update has affected SKU fields in the product variant editor, check the platform’s release notes for any information on this change.

hrm, not sure how this helps. https://changelog.shopify.com/ is like a catch-all for everything. When I try to filter by Product or SKU, there’s only old posts. How do I determine what is the proper release note to read for this section of the UI?

shopify has acknowledged the issue and working on a fix

Thank you for the update. It has been extremely annoying to have to open the bulk editor just to enter SKUs when building new products or making changes to old ones.

absolutely! It takes a lot longer now to edit and enter variant SKUs.

It seems shopify is dedicated to keeping the slower more inefficient SKU variant UI according to my last message to shopify support. They then tried to upsell my on some Shopify expert services lol. Now its 50% slower to edit SKUs as it requires 10 operations instead of 5 to edit the SKU variants. …

Yes, they keep changing everything so frequently it’s very hard to automate or have a predictable workflow for employees. Shopify does way too much A/B testing in production business accounts. e.g. they constantly move the preview button from product pages it’s so annoying.

And it seems like there is no official answer about it! Sometimes you feel like the people in charge of the functionalities and ergonomic are completely disconnected from the reality of the business. I really don’t understand how you can remove things without giving a second thought about their purp…

aye, Shopify Support basically said “we know changes impact everyone differently, too bad this is better for us” and then they pitched me on Shopify professional services lol.

What happened to the variant SKU UI? It disappeared from product pages

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Angelfab February 13, 2024, 10:20am 11

Such a shame! Sometimes it’s hard to say if we are on Shopify or Etsy with all those unrequested changes that just mess with our workflow!
I hope it will soon be fixed!

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What happened to the variant SKU UI? It disappeared from product pages

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