As it stands, Shopify currently supports the following Metafield definition types.
- True or false
- Integer
- Decimal
- Rating
- Single line text (one value and list of values)
When Malcom is installed and linked to Akeneo, the app will pull your Akeneo attributes and map them to their corresponding Shopify metafields.
Through Malcom’s UI, you can define each metafield value based on different attributes from Akeneo for each metafield key that you have defined in the mapping. Each attribute has a specific Shopify Metafield Type that they are transformed into. Malcom accepts the following attributes from Akeneo and are synced to the following Shopify Metafield Types.
- Asset Collection → JSON
- Date → Single Line Text
- File → File
- Identifier → Single Line Text
- Image → File
- Measurement → ???
- Multi Select → Multiple Line Text
- Number → Decimal
- Price → ????
- Reference Entity with multiple links → Single Line Text (List)
- Reference Entity with single links → Single Line Text
- Simple Select -> Single line text
- Text -> Single line text
- Text Area → Multiple Text Area
- Yes/No -> Boolean??
Metafields need to be defined in the Custom Data settings on Shopify but must also have a checkmark on the checkbox "Use in automated collections"
Select the Products Metafields within Custom Data Settings
Identify the Metafield that you want to consult
Ensure the checkbox "Use in automated collections" has a checkmark.