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Event Fields

Events represent activities and changes that occur in your Shopify store. They provide an audit trail of actions taken by users and system processes.

Event Fields



These are all the fields you can import or export for events in Altera.

General



FieldDescriptionExample Value
IDUnique event identifier12345678
MessageDescription of what occurred"Product 'Blue Shirt' was updated"
Created AtWhen the event occurred2023-06-01T10:00:00Z
Subject TypeType of object affectedPRODUCT
Subject IDIdentifier of affected object789012
VerbAction that occurredUPDATE
AuthorUser who performed the actionjane.smith@example.com
ArgumentsAdditional event details{"price": "29.99", "old_price": "24.99"}
BodyDetailed event description"Price was updated from $24.99 to $29.99"
PathAPI path related to the event/admin/api/2023-04/products/789012.json


Event Filters



You can use these filters to limit which events are exported:

- created_at: Filter by when event occurred
- subject_type: Filter by type of object (ARTICLE, BLOG, COLLECTION, COMMENT, etc.)

Updated on: 11/02/2025