Published Field

Manage product visibility across your sales channels by mapping the Published field in Stock Sync. This field allows you to dynamically control whether products are published or unpublished based on status indicators or stock availability in your feed file.

⚠️ Shopify Plus & Permissions Requirement > Publishing products automatically to specific sales channels requires the write_publications access scope. This scope is currently restricted to private apps installed on Shopify Plus stores. Contact Shopify Partner Support to enable this scope for your app.

How to Set Up the Published Field

Go to Stock Sync → Setup New Feed / Edit Feed → Step 2: Matching Column

1. Map Field: Click Add more field and select Published from the target field dropdown.
2. Select Column: Choose the column or index from your feed file containing your publishing status indicators (e.g., true/false, 1/0, publish/unpublish).
3. Configure Field Settings: Click the gear icon on the field mapping row to define your custom publish/unpublish indicators and sales channels.
4. Save Changes: Proceed to the next setup step and save your configuration.

Video Tutorial

Field Settings Breakdown

1. Publish Value Indicators

Defines the terms or values in your feed that instruct Stock Sync to publish a product.

• Default Indicator: true
• Supported Values: Terms such as show, publish, back-in-stock, 1, or any custom indicator string present in your file.
• Stock Rule: Products must generally have an available quantity greater than 0 to publish successfully.

2. Unpublish Value Indicators

Defines the terms or values in your feed that instruct Stock Sync to unpublish a product.

• Default Indicator: false
• Supported Values: Terms such as 0, hide, unpublish, out-of-stock, or any custom indicator string.
• Stock Rule: By default, products will not unpublish if stock remains available, unless Force Unpublish is enabled.

3. Force Unpublished When Quantity is Still Available

Overrides inventory checks to unpublish products regardless of their remaining stock level.

• Enable the toggle icon to unpublish items immediately upon reading the unpublish indicator, even if inventory is greater than 0.

4. Edit Sales Channels for Publishing

Select specific sales channels to target, preventing products from automatically publishing to every connected channel simultaneously.

• Choose your specific sales channels from the list to restrict where the product updates apply.

Technical Use Cases & Examples

• Handling Blank Cells: Use the value indicator configuration to set a fallback value when a feed cell is completely empty.
• Granular Visibility: Automatically toggle publish states on a per-product level via inventory values rather than applying a global bulk setting across the entire feed.
• Custom Feed Mappings: Translate supplier-specific status indicators (e.g., In Stock / Discontinued) directly into Shopify's published state.

Troubleshooting Steps

• Issue: Products are not unpublishing despite an unpublish indicator in the feed file.

Solution: Ensure product quantity is set to 0 or enable Force unpublished when quantity is still available in the field settings.

• Issue: Error regarding sales channel updates when running the feed.

Solution: Verify that your app installation has write_publications scope access (Shopify Plus stores only) or deselect restricted sales channels.

• Issue: Conflicting publish behavior during feed execution.

Solution: Open Step 4 (Advanced Settings) and disable any unpublish or archive automation rules that conflict with your field mapping.

Good Articles to Continue

• Advanced Feed Settings Overview → Explore global automation rules for archiving and unpublishing items.

Updated on: 08/10/2026