How long does it take to complete a bulk edit task?

How the app processes products and what affects the duration of a task.

Most tasks finish within a few minutes. The time depends on:

• How many products and variants match. The app first asks Shopify to export the matching products, then sends the changes back in batches (400 products per batch for most fields, smaller batches for descriptions and deletions). Each batch is a Shopify bulk operation.

• Shopify's queue. Shopify runs one bulk operation per store at a time, so a task waits for any bulk operation already running, including other tasks in this app.

• The field. Descriptions carry more data per product than prices, so they take longer.

The task details page refreshes automatically every 10 seconds while the task runs and shows Products changed as a progress bar. You can leave the page; the task keeps running.

Tips

• Split very large catalogs into several tasks (by collection or vendor) so each finishes sooner and problems are easier to locate.

• Do not start several large tasks at the same moment; they will queue behind each other.

• Scheduled one-time tasks start at the scheduled minute. Recurring occurrences are checked every 10 minutes, so they may start up to about 10 minutes late.