Shopify Setup
The setup page of the channel. It is short on purpose: everything about a shop is set on its Shop Card — where the shop is configured anyway.
Open the page
- Search: Shopify Setup
- From the hub: marketplace list → Shopify → Setup
- From assisted setup: Set up merchantCENTRAL Channel Shopify
Layout
| Section | Content |
|---|---|
| Activation | The hub's Enabled switch for this channel. It runs through the licence check: without licence or demo, the demo registration opens and the switch falls back to off. |
| Shopify Settings | Where a shop comes from. The add-on has no settings above the shop. |
| Shops | All shops of the Microsoft Shopify Connector, see below. |
| Automation | Job Queue Status: whether the scheduled runs exist and are ready. Click to open them. |
| License | Licence state and demo expiry of the module SHOPIFY, with the hub's actions. |
Activation and licence apply everywhere
If the channel is not enabled or unlicensed, merchantCENTRAL contributes nothing — neither in the hub's runs nor in Microsoft's own synchronisation. Microsoft's connector keeps running on its own; stock comes from Microsoft's standard calculation. Only the order rows in the cockpit and the allocation continue, because they protect the other channels from overselling.
The shops
The list shows all Shopify shops, not only those merchantCENTRAL serves — this is where you switch the add-on on for a shop in the first place.
| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Code | The shop code in the Microsoft Shopify Connector |
| Connector Enabled | Whether Microsoft's connector uses the shop at all |
| Uses merchantCENTRAL | Whether merchantCENTRAL contributes to this shop |
| Stock Location Set | Whether a location carries the merchantCENTRAL stock calculation |
| Publishes to a Sales Channel | Whether the shop has a channel new products are published to |
The last two columns show gaps that report themselves nowhere else: without a location the shop sends no stock at all, without a sales channel every new product stays invisible to customers. They are coloured only for shops merchantCENTRAL serves.
Clicking a row opens the Shop Card.
Actions
| Action | Effect |
|---|---|
| Setup Wizard | Opens the Setup Wizard. |
| Check Setup | Checks in turn: shop connected, merchantCENTRAL switched on, scheduled runs present, channel enabled and licensed. Each miss names the next step. |
| Create Job Queue Entries | Creates the scheduled runs for stock (every 15 minutes) and prices (hourly) in this company — on hold. |
| Open Job Queue Entries | Shows those runs. |
| Activate in Hub | Opens the marketplace card in the hub. |
| Shopify Shops | Opens Microsoft's shop list. |
| Shopify Dashboard | Opens the Dashboard. |
| merchantCENTRAL Enrichment Log | Opens the Enrichment Log. |
The scheduled runs
| Run | What it does |
|---|---|
| Shopify - Sync Inventory | Starts Microsoft's stock run for every served shop. |
| Shopify - Sync Prices | First queues listings whose promotional price starts today or ended yesterday, then sends every queued price. With nothing queued it does nothing. |
Orders are fetched by Microsoft's connector on its own schedule. There is no third run for them;
to fetch orders through the hub, create an entry with the parameter GETORDERS.
Why there is no connection test
This app never calls Shopify. The connection belongs to Microsoft's connector and is tested there, on the Shopify Shop Card. Check Setup checks exactly what this add-on can answer for.