How to Change CSV File Encoding to UTF-8 with Google Sheets

When opening a file in Excel or LibreOffice, you may notice some characters don't display properly.  This can be frustrating, and feel overwhelming but we've found a pretty easy fix that we think can help you get this figured out. 

One way to solve this problem is to ensure your file is encoding in UTF-8.  This can get tricky as tools like Excel and LibreOffice have many different versions, so figuring out where the settings are can be confusing.

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EZ Exporter Update: New Shopify Order Fields Now Available

Shopify regularly pushes updates to their APIs which often involve new fields being added as well.

Below is a list of new fields we've added to EZ Exporter when exporting order data.  Many of these fields can be used in the filters as well.

  • current_subtotal_price: Current Subtotal Price (type: number). The current subtotal price of the order in the shop currency. The value of this field reflects order edits, returns, and refunds.
  • current_total_discounts: Current Total Discounts (type: number). The current …
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Shopify Tip: How to Add Metafields to Products and Variants Without Using an App

Shopify has supported Metafields for a long time now but there was no option to manage them directly via the Shopify Admin so merchants often had to use third-party apps to add/update metafields.

A recent update takes care of this where Shopify merchants can now manage metafields directly from the Shopify Admin wihout the need of an app or writing custom code to interact with the API.

Metafields allow merchants to attach additional attributes to resources such as products, variants, and …

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How to Create a Basic Pivot Table in Google Sheets

Google Sheets has a "Pivot table" option which allows you to create summary reports from your existing data.

In this tutorial, we'll show you how to create a basic pivot table from a list of individual order data.

The pivot table will group the data by the "Created At" column and will display the following:

  1. Number of orders per day.
  2. Total quantity of all line items ordered per day.
  3. Average order value per day.

Step 1: Select the range of data to summarize. …

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Add a Location to Your Orders Using EZ Importer

It's no longer uncommon for Shopify merchants to have multiple fulfillment centers or locations to ship their products from.  When we first launched EZ Importer Shopify didn't even have support for multiple warehouse locations.  Now a days, it's much more common and something we hear more and more merchants asking about.  In order to help as many merchants as we can, we now allow you to add your location to your order when importing orders into Shopify.

Data Mapping

At this …

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