Create Transaction

Create Transaction

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Overview

You can use this Snap to create a transaction record for an existing order.

Prerequisites

None.

Support for Ultra Pipelines

Works in Ultra Pipelines

Limitations 

Shopify Behavior

If you provide an invalid value for Transaction ID or Parent ID, the Snap is not validated. The Snap ignores the invalid values and processes the operation.

Known Issues

None.

Snap Input and Output

Input/Output

Type of View

Number of Views

Examples of Upstream and Downstream Snaps

Description

Input/Output

Type of View

Number of Views

Examples of Upstream and Downstream Snaps

Description

Input 

Document

 

  • Min:1

  • Max:1

  • Mapper

  • Copy

The customer, product, and variant IDs.

Output

Document

  • Min:1

  • Max:1

  • Mapper

  • Create Order

  • Order Operations

The transaction ID for the order.

Snap Settings

Field Name

Field Dependency

Description

Field Name

Field Dependency

Description

Label*

N/A

Specify the name for the Snap. You can modify the default name to be specific and meaningful, especially if you have more than one of the same Snap in your Pipeline.

Default Value: Create Transaction
ExampleCreate_Transaction

Version*

N/A

Specify the Shopify API version. Alternatively, click the Suggestion 

 icon to fetch the list of supported Shopify API versions and select a version.

Default Value: 2021-07
Example2021-04

Order Id*

N/A

Specify the order ID for which you want to create a transaction.

Default Value: N/A
Example: ORD9

Number of Retries

N/A

Specify an integer value to set the maximum number of reconnection attempts that the Snap must perform, in case of connection failure or timeout.

Default Value: 1
Example: 2

Retry Interval (Seconds)

N/A

Specify the duration in seconds for which the Snap must wait between two reconnection attempts, until the number of retries is reached.

Default Value: 1
Example: 2

Snap Execution

N/A

Select one of the three modes in which the Snap executes. Available options are:

  • Validate & Execute: Performs limited execution of the Snap, and generates a data preview during Pipeline validation. Subsequently, performs full execution of the Snap (unlimited records) during Pipeline runtime.

  • Execute only: Performs full execution of the Snap during Pipeline execution without generating preview data.

  • Disabled: Disables the Snap and all Snaps that are downstream from it.

Default Value: Execute only
Example: Validate & Execute

Example

Managing Order Transactions

This example Pipeline demonstrates how to manage transactions—starting from creating transactions for an order, performing an order operation, getting transactions, and finally deleting the order.


This Pipelines includes the following key steps:

  1. Creating an Order

  2. Creating a Transaction

  3. Performing order operations

  4. Getting Transactions