Workflow Trigger ExtensionsWorkflow Trigger Extensions

Tag products for a margin review when a variant cost rises

When a variant's cost per item rises by more than 5 percent, add the tag margin-review to its product. The trigger carries the old cost, the new cost and the percentage, so no calculation is needed.

One trigger, built-in Shopify actions only, no other app needed. Nothing in it is specific to a store, so it works as soon as it is imported.

The workflow in Shopify Flow: Tag products for a margin review when a variant cost rises
The complete workflow as it looks in Shopify Flow.

What it needs

  • The app's permission Inventory Data Access + Product, Variant & Collection Data Access. See Permissions and data access.
  • Nothing else: turning the workflow on switches the trigger Product Variant Cost Changed on in the app.

Install the Workflow Trigger Extensions app and grant Inventory Data Access and Product, Variant & Collection Data Access on its Permissions page. Turning this workflow on switches the trigger on in the app.

Get the workflow

  1. Download the .flow file attached at the bottom of this page.
  2. In your Shopify admin open Flow, click Import and choose the file.
  3. Check the steps, then click Turn on workflow.

The file is an export from Shopify Flow itself. Do not edit it by hand; change the workflow in Flow after importing it.

How it works

  1. Product Variant Cost Changed carries the old cost, the new cost, delta, percentChange and direction.
  2. The Condition continues when variantCostChange.percentChange is Greater than 5.
  3. Add product tags puts margin-review on the product.

Make it yours

  • Change 5 to your own tolerance.
  • Add Send internal email to purchasing with the old and the new cost.

Next steps