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Specifications, as a customer ​

Specifications can be used to display, filter, and sort your products. Here is how you can take the most out of them.

Automatically add products to a collection ​

A common use case is to add products to a collection depending on custom data.

To do so, edit the custom data and check Access options > Automated collections for the field in question.

Then you can create a Shopify collection with the condition {your field} is equal to {value}. Checkout the video:

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Display custom data on your product page ​

Before using the data in your storefront, you must turn on the custom data option Access options > Storefront. You can then use your new field with the theme interface or liquid code.

Using Shopify theme ​

To use custom data in your theme, open the product page and using the button Insert dynamic source, you can select the custom data. See the video for more details:

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Using liquid templates ​

Using liquid, you must locate the metafield key in Shopify's settings. It should look like custom.xxx where xxx is a unique key for your custom data. Then in your template code, insert the value with:

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{{ product.metafields.custom.xxx.value }}

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Filter collections based on specifications ​

Specifications can be used to filter and sort products directly in your Shopify store. Here we have a specification called Country of origin used in the right-hand side filter.

The setup can vary based on your theme, however usually you will need an app to enable such filters. For most marketplaces:

  1. Install the app Search and Discovery, it is built by Shopify
  2. Open the app and add a filter and choose the specification.

Filter collection based on metafields

Search and Discovery app

Here is how the app looks:

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Not seeing your specification?

If your specification is not showing, either the specification does not support filtering, or filtering is disabled for this field. To enable filtering, go to Shopify > Settings > Metafields > Products and click your specification, from there ensure the toggle Filter on the product list and in the Admin API is turned on.