How to create Metaobject definition with field which "Use as filter in metaobject index" and "Active-draft status" set to true

[madfcat]

How do I create Metaobject definition with field which “Use as filter in metaobject index” and “Active-draft status” set to true using Admin API graphql mutation?
API version: 2025-07

My code:

mutation MetaobjectDefinitionCreate($definition: MetaobjectDefinitionCreateInput!) {
  metaobjectDefinitionCreate(definition: $definition) {
    metaobjectDefinition {
      id
      type
      fieldDefinitions {
        key
        name
        type {
          name
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "definition": {
    "name": "Info",
    "displayNameKey": "name",
    "type": "info",
		"access": {
      "storefront": "PUBLIC_READ"
    },
    "capabilities": {
      "translatable": {
        "enabled": true
      },
      "renderable": {
        "enabled": false
      }
    },
    "fieldDefinitions": [
      { "key": "name", "name": "Name", "type": "single_line_text_field", "description": "Name",  "validations": [{
        "name": "choices",
        "value": "[\"green\", \"blue\", \"red"]"
      	}], "required": true
      },
      { "key": "image", "name": "Image", "type": "file_reference", "description": "Image",  "validations": {
        "name": "file_type_options",
        "value": "[\"Image\"]" }, "required": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

Useful links:

metaobjectDefinitionCreate - GraphQL Admin

Manage metaobjects

https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/custom-data/options#list-of-options-available-for-metaobjects

[Liam-Shopify]

Hi @madfcat

To create a Metaobject definition with “Active-draft status” enabled, you need to set the field’s filterable property to true in the field definition (this makes it available as a filter in the metaobject index).

For setting “Use as filter in metaobject index”, this may be only possible in the admin UI but digging into this more.

[madfcat]

@Liam-Shopify

To create a Metaobject definition with “Active-draft status” enabled, you need to set the field’s filterable property to true in the field definition (this makes it available as a filter in the metaobject index).

You mean publishable?
There is no filterable option. Probably, not implemented yet. Maybe in the next API version.

“Active-draft status” worked with publishable: { "enabled": true }.

[Liam-Shopify]

^Sorry - I did mean publishable

I can also confirm it’s not currently possible to set “Use as filter in metaobject index” via the API but it is on the product teams roadmap to support.