Manual Collection Fields

Manual collections are custom groupings of products that are curated by shop owners. Products are added or removed individually from these collections.

Collection Fields

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

General

Field	Description	Example Value
ID	Unique collection identifier	12345678
Handle	URL-friendly version of the title	summer-essentials
Command	Action to perform on this collection	MERGE
Title	Collection name	Summer Essentials
Body HTML	Collection description	<p>Our essential items for summer</p>
Sort Order	How products are sorted	MANUAL
Template Suffix	Alternative template for collection page	custom-layout
Updated At	Last modification timestamp	2023-06-15T14:30:00Z
Published	Whether collection is published	true
Published At	When collection was published	2023-06-01T10:00:00Z
Published Scope	Visibility scope	web

Images

Field	Description	Example Value
Image Src	URL of collection image	https://cdn.shopify.com/images/collection.jpg
Image Width	Width in pixels	1200
Image Height	Height in pixels	800
Image Alt Text	Alternative text for image	Summer collection banner

Products

Field	Description	Example Value
Product: ID	Product identifier	987654
Product: Handle	Product URL handle	blue-t-shirt
Product: Position	Display order in collection	1
Product: Command	Action for this product	ADD
Products Count	Total number of products	25

Metafields

Field	Description	Example Value
Metafields	Collection metafields	{"description": "Summer collection 2023"}

Collection Filters

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

- handle: Filter by collection handle
- publishable_status: Filter by status (published/unpublished)
- published_at: Filter by publish date
- title: Filter by collection title
- updated_at: Filter by last update date

Updated on: 11/02/2025