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Indexing & Synchronization

Indexing and data synchronization allow Mulwi to efficiently process your products, quickly detect changes in your Shopify store, and instantly update your feeds with the latest information.

When Mulwi indexes some data from your Shopify store, Mulwi organizes this information in its internal database in a way that makes working with your data easier and faster. Mulwi creates separate indexes for different groups of data, such as product details, Markets, Price Lists, locations, inventory levels, translations, and others.

Whenever something changes in your store, data synchronization starts, meaning that Mulwi adds the new information to its database and reflects all updates across your feeds.

Schedule data synchronization manually​

By default, Mulwi syncs all changes from your Shopify store automatically. But you can also follow the steps below to schedule a full or partial data synchronization manually:

Schedule full synchronization manually
  1. In your Shopify admin, go to Apps > Mulwi Feeds > Data Synchronization.
  2. Find the Manual Synchronization section.
  3. Click the Full Synchronization button.
Schedule partial synchronization manually
  1. In your Shopify admin, go to Apps > Mulwi Feeds > Data Synchronization.
  2. Find the index table in the Manual Synchronization section.
  3. Tick the checkboxes near the indexes you want to synchronize.
  4. Click the Sync selected button in the table's header.

Enable metadata indexing​

Shopify allows you to store additional specialized information with metafields and metaobjects.

Metafields are custom fields that contain small pieces of information for individual entries. For example, a metafield can contain a product's expiration date or a list of its ingredients.
Metaobjects, on the other hand, are custom data structures that display the same content across multiple entries. For example, a metaobject can display a size chart for similar shoes.

Mulwi supports these types of metadata:

  • Metaobjects for products;
  • Metafields for products;
  • Metafields for product variants;
  • Metafields for collections.

Since not all Shopify stores may have metadata, Mulwi doesn't index it by default. If you want to use metadata in your feeds, you first need to enable its indexing in Mulwi's settings in such way:

  1. In your Shopify admin, go to Apps > Mulwi Feeds > Settings.
  2. Find the Indexing section.
  3. Tick the checkboxes near the metadata types you need.
  4. Click Save to apply new settings.
NOTE

After changing your metadata indexing settings, you need to run a full data synchronization so that Mulwi applies these new settings across all your feeds.