# Change types

> Every kind of change Metascheduler can schedule, what it does, how it reverts, and which plan has it.

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Each change has a **change type**. This is every one, by group. The key in brackets is what Shopify Flow's **Target** field shows.

Every type offers the same three end choices on a window: **Revert**, **Set to something else** and **Keep**. A one-time schedule always keeps.

## Content

| Change type | What it changes | Reverts to |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Metaobject status** (`metaobject.status`) | Entries to **Active** (visible on your online store) or **Draft** (hidden). | Each entry's own status before. |
| **Metaobject fields** (`metaobject.fields`) | The fields you check on each entry. Leave one empty to clear it. | Those fields' values before. Other fields are never rewritten. |
| **Metafield value** (`metafield.value`) | A metafield on products, variants, collections, pages, blog posts, blogs, locations, markets or your store. | The old value, or no metafield if there wasn't one. |

Metaobject status only lists definitions with **Active and draft status** turned on, in the definition's settings.

Metafield types: single line text, multi-line text, integer, decimal, true or false, date, date and time, color, URL, JSON, and product, collection and variant references. Pick a defined metafield, or **Other metafield (no definition)** with its namespace and key.

## Catalog

| Change type | What it changes | Reverts to |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Product status** (`product.status`) | Products to **Active**, **Draft**, **Unlisted** or **Archived**. | Each product's own status before. |
| **Product sales channels** (`product.publication`) | **Publish** or **Unpublish**, channel by channel. | The channels each product was on, scheduled publishing included. |
| **Collection sales channels** (`collection.publication`) | The same, for collections. | The channels each collection was on. |
| **Variant prices** (`variant.price`) | Set a price, or take a percentage or an amount off. Rounding and compare-at price options. | Each variant's own price and compare-at price. |
| **Tags** (`resource.tags`) | Tags to add and tags to remove, on products or blog posts. | Takes off only the tags it added, and puts back only the tags it removed. |

**Unlisted** products are sold through direct links only, and hidden from search, collections and recommendations. **Archiving** is usually for good: **Draft** hides a product the same way and is easier to undo by hand.

Variant prices are on Extra and Unlimited. See [Run a timed sale](https://metascheduler.app/help/run-a-sale.md).

## Online store

| Change type | What it changes | Reverts to |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Navigation menu** (`menu.items`) | **Copy another menu** you've built, or **Edit items** (up to 3 levels). The menu keeps its title and handle. | The menu's items before. |
| **Page** (`page.content`) | **Publish or unpublish**, or **Edit content**: title, content (HTML) and theme template. | Only the fields it changed. |
| **Blog post** (`article.content`) | The same as a page, plus excerpt and image. | Only the fields it changed. Publishing back keeps the post's original date. |
| **Store policy** (`shop.policy`) | Replaces a policy's whole text: refund, shipping, privacy, terms of service, terms of sale, cancellation, contact information or legal notice. | The old text. |

Store policies are on Extra and Unlimited.

## What it can't change

- **Themes, discounts, checkout and catalogs**: those are Shopify Rollouts' job. Metascheduler shows rollouts on the calendar and [follows them](https://metascheduler.app/help/follow-a-rollout.md).
- **Customers, orders and draft orders**: not supported, on purpose.
- **Collection tags**: Shopify's API has none.

## Limits

|   | Limit |
| --- | --- |
| Changes per schedule | 50 |
| Items per change | 5,000, and your plan's limit: 10 on Free, 250 on Extra, no plan limit on Unlimited |
| Preview in the editor | Up to 5 items per change |
| Conflicts checked | The first 1,000 items |

## Related articles

- [Access and permissions](https://metascheduler.app/help/access-and-permissions.md): What Metascheduler asks Shopify for, when it asks, and how to grant or revoke each kind of access.
- [Plans and limits](https://metascheduler.app/help/plans-and-limits.md): What each plan includes, what counts toward its limits, and what happens when you change plans.
- [How reverting works](https://metascheduler.app/help/undo-and-drift.md): Metascheduler saves what it replaces and checks before it puts it back, so it never overwrites an edit someone made in the meantime.