On-Demand Workflows

On-Demand workflows in Arigato are manually triggered from the "More Actions" menus in Shopify. The app currently supports On-Demand workflows for Orders, Draft Orders, Customers, Products, Variants and Collections.

The Workflow Variables system works with On-Demand workflows to collect dynamic data as part of starting an On-Demand workflow. See Workflow Variables (linked below) to learn more about this system. 

Creating an On-Demand Workflow

  1. From within the app, click on Workflows in the left sidebar.
  2. Click Create Workflow in the top right.
  3. Choose Workflow Type of On-Demand.
  4. Choose an Object Type, such as Products and click Create Workflow.
  5. Configure your workflow and turn it on.

Starting An On-Demand Workflow

Processing One Item

  1. In the Shopify interface, visit the item to process, for example, a specific product.
  2. In the top right of the page, click on the "More Actions" menu.
  3. Click "Run Arigato Workflow", which will open the app.
  4. In the app, click "Run Workflow" for the workflow you'd like to start. 

Processing up to 50 Items

  1. In the Shopify interface, visit the list of items to process, for example, the Products page.
  2. Select multiple items using the checkboxes next to each item.
  3. In the 3 dots menu (the "More Actions" menu) at the top of the list, scroll to the bottom of the options and click "Run Arigato Workflow" which will open the app.
  4.  In the app, click "Run Workflow" for the workflow you'd like to start. 

Processing More Than 50 Items
For larger selections over 50 items at a time, use a Bulk Operation workflow instead.