Metaobject definitions

The structure of each metaobject type: its fields, validations, access settings and capabilities. The entries themselves are backed up as Metaobjects.

34 fields backed up

Date the definition was created

Description

Field used as the display name of entries

Shopify ID

Type name

Type handle

Date the definition was last updated

Who can read entries of this type

Admin access level

Customer account access level

Storefront access level

Capabilities enabled for the type

Online store pages for entries

Whether entries get their own online store page

Draft / active status

Whether entries can be set to draft or active

SEO rendering

Whether entries can be rendered with SEO metadata

Translations

Whether entries can be translated

Fieldslist — each item includes

Field description

Field key

Field name

Whether the field is required

Field capabilities

Filtering in the Shopify admin

Whether admin filtering is available for this field

Whether admin filtering is turned on

Field value type

Type name (e.g. single line text, file reference)

Field validation ruleslist — each item includes

Rule name

Rule value

Generated from the queries the backup runs, so this list always matches what is stored. Themes are backed up as complete theme files and are not listed field by field.