When exporting, under Options you can specify the “Custom file name” for the export.
This is especially useful for scheduled exports so that you can specify what the file name should be for your exports.
You can also use the dynamic placeholders when importing file from URL. You can use them in any part of the URL including directories and file name.
For shop and job details
| Placeholder | Meaning | Example |
| %{shop_subdomain} | First part of your stores myshopify.com domain. Example from cool-store.myshopify.com |
cool-store |
| %{shop_name} | Store name as set in Shopify | Cool Store |
| %{entities} | Comma separated list of entities included in the import/export job. | Customers,Orders |
| %{job_id} | Matrixify job ID | 174960521 |
| %{uploaded_file} | For Import – inserts the uploaded filename without the file extension. If set for the Export – it will be empty. This will help you identify the right Import Results file for each uploaded file. | Update-Tags |
For date and time
You can include the dynamic fields of the Export starting date and time in the file name, using the placeholders like this:
| Placeholder | Meaning | Example |
| %Y | Year with 4 digits | 2018 |
| %y | Year with 2 digits | 18 |
| %m | Month with padded zero (01 – 12) | 04 |
| %-m | Month, not padded (1 – 12) | 4 |
| %B | Month full name | April |
| %^B | Month full name uppercase | APRIL |
| %b | Month abbreviated | Apr |
| %^b | Month abbreviated uppercase | APR |
| %d | Day of the month with padded zero (01 – 31) | 05 |
| %-d | Day of the month, not padded | 5 |
| %j | Day of the year (001 – 365) | 124 |
| %H | Hour in 24-hour format, with padded zero | 01 |
| %I | Hour in 12-hour format, with padded zero | 01 |
| %P | Meridian indicator, lower case | am |
| %p | Meridian indicator, upper case | AM |
| %M | Minute | 45 |
| %S | Second | 23 |
| %z | Time zone as hour and minute offset from UTC | +0900 |
| %Z | Time zone abbreviation name | UTC |
| %A | Full weekday name | Thursday |
| %^A | Full weekday name, uppercase | THURSDAY |
| %a | Weekday abbreviation | Thu |
| %^a | Weekday abbreviation, uppercase | THU |
| %u | Day number of the week where Monday is 1 (1 – 7) | 4 |
| %w | Day number of the week where Sunday is 0 (0 – 6) | 4 |
| %U | Week number of the year where the week starts with Sunday (00 – 53) | 14 |
| %W | Week number of the year where the week starts with Monday (00 – 53) | 13 |
You can use those placeholders in any combination inside your filename.
Examples
| Example | Resulting file name |
| %Y-%m-%d at %H-%M-%S from %{shop_name} | 2018-04-05 at 01-45-23 from Cool Store |
| %{shop_subdomain}_%m%d_%H%M | cool-store_0405_0145 |
| %{entities}_%Y-%^b-%-d_%{shop_subdomain} | Products,Orders_2018-APR-5_cool-store |
| %Y-%m-%d_%{entities}_%{job_id} | 2023-03-22_Orders_17496221 |
| %Y-%m-%d_%{uploaded_file}_%{job_id} | 2023-03-22_Update-Tags_17496221 |
