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title: "Location triggers, step by step"
description: "Step-by-step Shopify Flow tutorials for locations: created, updated, activated, deactivated and deleted."
canonical: "https://docs.workflow-trigger-extensions.app/location-trigger-tutorials"
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# Location triggers, step by step

Five triggers for the places you stock and ship from: warehouses, stores, pickup points.

**On this page:** [Location Created](#location-created), [Location Updated](#location-updated), [Location Activated](#location-activated), [Location Deactivated](#location-deactivated), [Location Deleted](#location-deleted)

> [!TIP]
> **New to Shopify Flow?**
> Every example follows the same five moves: pick the trigger, add a condition, add an action, turn the workflow on, check Event History. [Your first workflow, step by step](https://docs.workflow-trigger-extensions.app/first-workflow-tutorial.md) shows each of them with screenshots.

![Shopify Flow's trigger picker inside Workflow Trigger Extensions, searched for Location](https://cdn-dev.eu.codecreationlabs.cloud/crm-tool/uploads/SjJ78gKLnLlocopCui3Cs62dJbGZ7F1n/8b76eb0005c25105.png)
*Where you find them: in Shopify Flow choose Select a trigger, open Workflow Trigger Extensions and search for "Location".*

## Location Created

Fires when a location is created.

| | |
| --- | --- |
| **Fires from** | Shopify webhook |
| **Permission** | **Locations Data Access** |
| **Switched on** | Turning on a Flow workflow that uses it switches it on. Its own switch is on the app's **Triggers** page |

**Use it for**

- Onboard a new store: create it in the ERP, the WMS and the store locator.

### What Location Created sends to your workflow

| Variable in Flow | Type | What it holds |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `location` | Object | The created location |
| `location.id` | ID | The Shopify GID of the location |
| `location.name` | Text | The merchant-visible name of the location |
| `location.active` | True / false | Whether the location is active |
| `location.fulfillsOnlineOrders` | True / false | Whether the location can fulfill online orders |
| `location.address1` | Text | Address line 1 |
| `location.address2` | Text | Address line 2 |
| `location.city` | Text | City |
| `location.province` | Text | Province / state name |
| `location.provinceCode` | Text | ISO 3166-2 province code |
| `location.country` | Text | Country name |
| `location.countryCode` | Text | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code |
| `location.zip` | Text | Postal / ZIP code |
| `location.phone` | Text | Phone number |
| `eventId` | Text | The id of this event. Search for it in the app's Event History to see exactly what was sent. |

### Example: Create the new location in your ERP

1. Pick **Location Created** as the trigger.
2. Add **Send HTTP request** with `{{location.id}}`, `{{location.name}}`, `{{location.city}}` and `{{location.countryCode}}`.
3. Turn the workflow on.

## Location Updated

Fires when any field of a location is edited: name, address, whether it fulfils online orders.

| | |
| --- | --- |
| **Fires from** | Shopify webhook |
| **Permission** | **Locations Data Access** |
| **Switched on** | Turning on a Flow workflow that uses it switches it on. Its own switch is on the app's **Triggers** page |

**Use it for**

- Keep a store locator or an ERP in step with address changes.
- Notice when a location stops fulfilling online orders.

### What Location Updated sends to your workflow

| Variable in Flow | Type | What it holds |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `location` | Object | The updated location |
| `location.id` | ID | The Shopify GID of the location |
| `location.name` | Text | The merchant-visible name of the location |
| `location.active` | True / false | Whether the location is active |
| `location.fulfillsOnlineOrders` | True / false | Whether the location can fulfill online orders |
| `location.address1` | Text | Address line 1 |
| `location.address2` | Text | Address line 2 |
| `location.city` | Text | City |
| `location.province` | Text | Province / state name |
| `location.provinceCode` | Text | ISO 3166-2 province code |
| `location.country` | Text | Country name |
| `location.countryCode` | Text | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code |
| `location.zip` | Text | Postal / ZIP code |
| `location.phone` | Text | Phone number |
| `eventId` | Text | The id of this event. Search for it in the app's Event History to see exactly what was sent. |

### Example: Warn when a location stops fulfilling online orders

1. Pick **Location Updated** as the trigger.
2. Add a **Condition**: `location.fulfillsOnlineOrders` **Equal to** `false`.
3. Add **Send internal email** to operations with `{{location.name}}`.
4. Turn the workflow on.

> [!NOTE]
> **Good to know**
> The event carries the location as it is now, without old values, so this condition is true on every later edit of such a location as well.

## Location Activated

Fires when a deactivated location is activated again.

| | |
| --- | --- |
| **Fires from** | Shopify webhook |
| **Permission** | **Locations Data Access** |
| **Switched on** | Turning on a Flow workflow that uses it switches it on. Its own switch is on the app's **Triggers** page |

**Use it for**

- Re-enable a store in connected systems after a seasonal closure.

### What Location Activated sends to your workflow

| Variable in Flow | Type | What it holds |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `location` | Object | The activated location |
| `location.id` | ID | The Shopify GID of the location |
| `location.name` | Text | The merchant-visible name of the location |
| `location.active` | True / false | Whether the location is active |
| `location.fulfillsOnlineOrders` | True / false | Whether the location can fulfill online orders |
| `location.address1` | Text | Address line 1 |
| `location.address2` | Text | Address line 2 |
| `location.city` | Text | City |
| `location.province` | Text | Province / state name |
| `location.provinceCode` | Text | ISO 3166-2 province code |
| `location.country` | Text | Country name |
| `location.countryCode` | Text | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code |
| `location.zip` | Text | Postal / ZIP code |
| `location.phone` | Text | Phone number |
| `eventId` | Text | The id of this event. Search for it in the app's Event History to see exactly what was sent. |

### Example: Announce a reopened location

1. Pick **Location Activated** as the trigger.
2. Add **Send internal email**: `{{location.name}} is active again`.
3. Turn the workflow on.

## Location Deactivated

Fires when a location is deactivated.

| | |
| --- | --- |
| **Fires from** | Shopify webhook |
| **Permission** | **Locations Data Access** |
| **Switched on** | Turning on a Flow workflow that uses it switches it on. Its own switch is on the app's **Triggers** page |

**Use it for**

- Stop routing to a closed store.
- Check that its stock was moved before it closed.

### What Location Deactivated sends to your workflow

| Variable in Flow | Type | What it holds |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `location` | Object | The deactivated location |
| `location.id` | ID | The Shopify GID of the location |
| `location.name` | Text | The merchant-visible name of the location |
| `location.active` | True / false | Whether the location is active |
| `location.fulfillsOnlineOrders` | True / false | Whether the location can fulfill online orders |
| `location.address1` | Text | Address line 1 |
| `location.address2` | Text | Address line 2 |
| `location.city` | Text | City |
| `location.province` | Text | Province / state name |
| `location.provinceCode` | Text | ISO 3166-2 province code |
| `location.country` | Text | Country name |
| `location.countryCode` | Text | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code |
| `location.zip` | Text | Postal / ZIP code |
| `location.phone` | Text | Phone number |
| `eventId` | Text | The id of this event. Search for it in the app's Event History to see exactly what was sent. |

### Example: Check stock when a location closes

1. Pick **Location Deactivated** as the trigger.
2. Add **Send internal email** to logistics with `{{location.name}}` and a reminder to verify the stock transfer.
3. Turn the workflow on.

## Location Deleted

Fires when a location is deleted.

| | |
| --- | --- |
| **Fires from** | Shopify webhook |
| **Permission** | **Locations Data Access** |
| **Switched on** | Turning on a Flow workflow that uses it switches it on. Its own switch is on the app's **Triggers** page |

**Use it for**

- Remove the location from an ERP or a store locator.

### What Location Deleted sends to your workflow

| Variable in Flow | Type | What it holds |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `locationId` | Text | The Shopify GID of the deleted location |
| `deletedAt` | Text | ISO timestamp of when the location was deleted |
| `eventId` | Text | The id of this event. Search for it in the app's Event History to see exactly what was sent. |

### Example: Remove a deleted location from the store locator

1. Pick **Location Deleted** as the trigger.
2. Add **Send HTTP request** to the store locator with `{{locationId}}`.
3. Turn the workflow on.

## Next steps

- [Complete trigger reference](https://docs.workflow-trigger-extensions.app/trigger-reference.md) - every trigger on one page.
- [Choosing the right trigger](https://docs.workflow-trigger-extensions.app/choosing-the-right-trigger.md) - which one fits your case.
- [Custom triggers](https://docs.workflow-trigger-extensions.app/custom-triggers.md) - when no built-in trigger fits, write your own.
- [Event history and troubleshooting](https://docs.workflow-trigger-extensions.app/event-history-and-troubleshooting.md) - see what fired and what it carried.