[GraphQL] Metafield returning null?

GraphQL Admin API Troubleshooting
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I’ve created a metafield against customers (using the Shopify Admin UI).

Went in manually via the UI and added a dummy value of 123.

But when I try doing the following query in the GraphiQL app I get null on the metafield.

{
  customers(first: 250, query: "updated_at:>2025-06-23T14:30:00Z") {
    edges {
      node {
        id
        firstName
        lastName
        metafield(namespace:"business_central", key:"system_id") {
          id
          value
        }
        defaultPhoneNumber {
          phoneNumber
        }
        defaultAddress {
          firstName
          lastName
          phone
          address1
          address2
          city
          countryCodeV2
          zip
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

I can see the metafield and its value is definitely there by going to the customer in the admin and adding /metafields.json:

{"metafields":[{"id":57595182416209,"namespace":"buisness_central","key":"system_id","value":"123","description":null,"owner_id":8935427178833,"created_at":"2025-06-24T14:27:54+01:00","updated_at":"2025-06-24T14:27:54+01:00","owner_resource":"customer","type":"single_line_text_field","admin_graphql_api_id":"gid:\/\/shopify\/Metafield\/57595182416209"}]}

Am I missing something obvious here?

FYI: I’m also receiving null in Patchworks where I’m going to be making this call from, I created a private app to get the token to access the Admin API.

2

Disregard this, apparently I can’t spell business correctly :man_facepalming: :rofl:

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