What's New in Shopify Connector: Metafields (2025 release wave 1)
Shopify Connector metafields in Business Central (2025 release wave 1): Shopify metafields for resources such as customers and companies can be synchronized and viewed in Business Central, mapped to Business Central fields through an extensibility model, and edited on the Shopify company card after importing metafield definitions created in Shopify, with entered data sent back to Shopify.
- Introduction to Metafields
- Demo - Importing and Viewing Metafields
- Developer Extensibility and Synchronization
- Metafield Definitions and Data Entry
- Release Summary and Resources
Overview
This two-minute release wave video covers metafields in the Shopify Connector. Metafields are a way to add and store extra information about Shopify resources such as a customer or company. The demo shows importing and viewing metafields in Business Central.
Metafields can be synchronized and managed through the UI or the extensibility model. Developers can map standard or custom fields and related entries in Business Central to Shopify metafields, with code samples in the documentation. Metafield definitions created by administrators in Shopify appear in the Shopify company card, where they can be imported and filled in.
Key points
- Metafields store additional information about Shopify resources such as customers or companies and can be synchronized and managed in Business Central via the UI or an extensibility model.
- After importing a customer from Shopify, metafields can be reviewed from the list or the card; all types are shown, including customer reference.
- Developers can map standard or custom fields and related entries in Business Central to Shopify metafields through an extensibility model; code samples are in the documentation.
- Metafields synchronized from Shopify are non-editable in Business Central because synchronization comes from Shopify.
- In the B2B company demo, synchronization is not set for all companies and the ‘Can update Shopify companies’ toggle is on, so metafield data can be entered there.
- Metafield definitions created by administrators in Shopify can be imported and are shown on the Shopify company card, so only the necessary data needs to be entered.
- Data entered in Business Central becomes available in Shopify.
Features
| Feature | Status | At |
|---|---|---|
| Metafields synchronization from Shopify | status not stated, demoed | 0:06 |
| Metafield mapping via extensibility model | status not stated | 0:56 |
| Metafield definitions display in Shopify company card | status not stated, demoed | 1:35 |
AL objects mentioned
As heard in the captions. A name that matches one object page by exact type and name links to it; the others stay as named.
- page “Shopify company card” at 1:35
Not found in BC28-30: page “Shopify company card”.
Quotes
- 0:06 “Meta fields are a flexible way to add and store additional information about Shopify resources such as a customer or company.”
- 0:06 “You can synchronize and then manage meta fields in the business central either via UI or via extensibility model”
- 0:56 “Developers can map standard or custom fields and related entries in Business Central to Shopify meta fields using an extensibility model.”
- 1:12 “These fields are non-editable because synchronization is from Shopify.”
- 1:12 “For B2B companies, synchronization is not for all companies and the can update Shopify companies toggle is on.”
- 1:45 “In this release, we can import meta field definitions requiring only the input of necessary data.”