Changelog

We've made some important changes to how the app handles SKUs.

As technology evolves, we increasingly encounter a multitude of characters beyond the traditional ASCII set, including Unicode characters and special characters. These characters may look similar to standard ones but can cause issues when used in SKUs.

Our update addresses this by improving how we handle and search for Unicode and special characters within SKUs. This ensures that you can find products by SKU, even if they include these non-standard characters.

You can now write your own logic to update your products with code snippets. Code snippets are written in the Liquid language (also used by Shopify themes) and give you a powerful tool to keep your product data in sync.

Using a few lines of code and the assign operator, you can set your product data according to your business requirements.

You can then apply to the code snippet to your products using an in-app edit. For more automation, you can combine the code snippet with product rules, so that the code snippet to applied to product whenever they are created and/or updated.

You can use this to do things like automatically set your Google Shopping fields, make sure products are in the right collections, or have the right tags.

Learn more about using Liquid code snippets.

In the Export History, you can now effortlessly manage all your product exports, including those you've scheduled to repeat at regular intervals.

We've added a brand new "Status" tab, which allows you to see at a glance if you have any paused exports. You can also change the status to paused/active by clicking on the status badge.

In an effort to streamline our app, we'll be removing the 'AI Description Help' feature. You can now accomplish this task directly within the Shopify admin.

For instructions on how to do this, check this article: https://www.shopify.com/blog/ai-product-descriptions

We've introduced a new metric to the Email Reports app: 'Shipping Discounts'. This lets you view discounts specifically applied to shipping for your orders.

Product rules allow you to enforce rules on your products like ‘all products with a price of zero should be unpublished’.

Now you can choose to run rules either only when a product is created or both when it's created and updated. This flexibility aids in scenarios like one-time price edits or initial tag settings. Adjust your settings as needed in the app.

Previously, when creating redirects, the Link Manager treated all URLs as case insensitive, turning any uppercase characters in your 'Redirect To' field to lowercase.

Now, we've refined this: while Shopify URLs remain case insensitive, we've ensured that the capitalization you input in the 'Redirect To' field is preserved. This is particularly crucial for redirects leading off Shopify where URL capitalization might matter.

We've added new rounding options to the Bulk Product Editor:

• Round decimals: This option rounds the decimal portion of the product's price to a specified value
• Round whole number: This option rounds the price to the nearest whole number
• Round whole number up: This option rounds the price up to the nearest specified value

You can learn more about rounding prices in bulk in Shopfy on our Knowledge Base.

You can now change the capitalization of your Dynamic Fields. Choose from uppercase, lowercase, or titlecase to better match the needs of your content. This is particularly useful when importing products with varying text formats from third-party suppliers.

When you bulk edit a text field you have the option to include values like the product's vendor or title. Previously these were called 'Placeholders' but we've renamed them to 'Dynamic Fields' to make them more clear to users.

Previously, you saw two separate menu items on the left-hand side: "Product Rules" and "Reccurring Edits." Now, you'll find both options nested under the "Automations" menu.

Previously, when you conducted a scan for broken links on your website, the download of the results would yield a CSV file filled with raw data. We've made a key upgrade to this export functionality.

Instead of a CSV file, you will now receive an Excel file when you download the results of a broken link scan. The Excel file includes some built-in filtering options, as well as built-in hyperlinks.

The Bulk Product Editor now offers a feature to convert tags with a shared prefix into a metafield list.

In the editing interface, you can now select the desired field, such as "Size List" for example, and then choose the "Set from Prefix Tags" option. You would then specify the prefix for the tags you want to convert, like "size:". After running the operation, tags with the specified prefix will be aggregated into a new metafield list on the product page.

Example: If a product has tags like size:XL, size:M, and size:L, these can be converted into a "Size List" metafield containing a list of those sizes.

Learn more about converting prefixed tags to a metafield list

While Shopify offers a default feature that allows for specific URL redirects, our recent update introduces a more flexible approach: Wildcard or Pattern Redirects.

Instead of defining specific URLs, these pattern redirects allow you to set up a system where any URL that matches a given pattern will be redirected accordingly. For instance, creating a pattern redirect for "old page/" ensures that any URL under the "old page" directory (like "old page/A" or "old page/B") will be redirected to your defined destination, such as the homepage.

This feature can be particularly useful for managing product or collection URLs. If a specific product page no longer exists, you can set up a wildcard redirect to send visitors to a broader collection page or another relevant section.

Learn more about Wildcard Redirects on Shopify

We've added an optional setting for the top-selling product reports so you can see the Average Unit Retail (AUR) for each product on the report.

As a reminder, the Average Unit Retail is calculated by dividing the total sales for a product by the quantity of products sold in the specified time period.

Previously in the Link Manager App, we tracked instances where visitors landed on 404 'page not found' pages under the term 'Visitor Errors'. To clarify the purpose and ensure better understanding, we've renamed 'Visitor Errors' to 'Broken Link Visits'.

This new terminology reflects instances when someone visits a broken link on your site. The change is reflected throughout the app and any associated email reports.

A new metric titled 'Average Unit Retail' is now available in the email reports configuration. This metric represents the average selling price for items during a specified time period. It's calculated by summing up all sales and dividing by the number of items sold.

The Bulk Product Editor's search functionality has been optimized. Stores with a large number of products and searches that utilize both variant and product fields (like price and tags) will notice improved search speeds. In certain scenarios, search speed has increased up to 7 times for larger searches.

When you map different columns to different fields, the focus will now automatically shift to the next column. This accelerates the mapping process, allowing for quicker spreadsheet edits.

We've added buttons to seamlessly navigate through columns left and right, so you don't have to scroll down to the bottom first.

We've also made improvements to the 'Clear All' button functionality.

If you've previously used the filters to search for products that are tracked by inventory, you would have found this under the "Inventory Policy" option. This option has been renamed to "Track Quantity".

So the next time you're searching for products based on their inventory tracking status, just look for the "Track Quantity" filter.