# Parameters

Modified on Wed, 13 May at 5:37 PM

## **Configure the connector settings**

Use the Parameters tab to define the connection details and connector behavior before mapping fields.

## **Credential settings**

- Enter the **API Key** and **API Access Token**.
- Enter the **store name** using the Shopify store format, for example **storename.myshopify.com**.
- Click **Connect with Shopify**.

If the credentials are incorrect, the connector will show an error:

If the connection is successful, you will see a confirmation window:

## **Location**

Select the Shopify location you want to use. If you need to synchronize more than one location, create a separate channel for each location.

## **Overwrite stock on update**

This setting controls whether stock quantities are overwritten during updates. If it is set to **Yes**, stock is updated in the selected location every time a product is edited in Sales Layer.

## **Disable deletions**

**No** is the default and recommended option. It allows the connector to deactivate the corresponding items and delete the corresponding variants.

**Yes** prevents deletions and archiving in the store. This option requires the **Status** field in Variants and does not work when **Export items with status** is set to **All**.

This is useful when you want to update or filter only a subset of items without affecting the rest of the catalog.

## **Export items with status**

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- **Visible only**: if an item changes from visible to another status, Shopify archives the product, removes collection visibility, and deletes variants.
- **All**: creates or updates all items. Products are synchronized as active, collections as visible, and variants are included regardless of their Sales Layer status.
- **Visible and invisible**: if an item changes from visible or invisible to draft, Shopify archives or removes it as needed.
- **Visible and draft**: if an item changes from visible or draft to invisible, Shopify archives or removes it as needed.

## **Include empty categories**

If this is set to **Yes**, the connector includes categories with no products, or categories whose products are all excluded by the current status filter.

## **Language to connect**

The connector can synchronize more than one language per store. Languages configured in the PIM appear automatically so you can choose which ones to send to Shopify.

## **Force refresh**

Force refresh resends the full catalog. Use it only in specific cases when you need to restore the catalog. It is not intended to speed up synchronization.

A forced refresh sends all items again, including already synchronized items, new items, all fields, formulas, and images, so synchronization will take longer than a normal incremental update.

After configuring all parameters, click **Continue** to move to field mapping. The first synchronization starts automatically after all tabs are saved.