Getting started
Get Indexly installed on your store and your data indexed in a few minutes.
1. Install Indexly
- Go to the Indexly listing on the Shopify App Store.
- Click Add app and complete the install flow in your Shopify Admin.
- Open Apps → Indexly in your admin to reach the app.
2. Choose what to index
Before your first sync, Indexly asks which resource types you want to make searchable. You can change these later from the Configuration page.
Default selections:
| Resource | Indexed by default |
|---|---|
| Orders | Yes |
| Order metafields | Yes |
| Order notes & note attributes | Yes |
| Line item properties | Yes |
| Customers | Yes |
| Customer metafields | Yes |
| Products & variants | Yes |
| Product & variant metafields | Yes |
| Metaobjects | Yes |
3. Run the initial bulk sync
After selecting your resource types, click Start sync on the setup screen.
Indexly uses Shopify's Bulk Operations API to pull your full store history. For most stores this takes a few minutes; very large stores with hundreds of thousands of orders may take longer.
You can monitor progress on the Sync status panel. Once the sync completes, your data is ready to search.
4. Make your first search
- Go to the Search page inside the Indexly app.
- Type any value — a PO number, warranty ID, customer reference, SKU, barcode, or any text you might have stored in a metafield or order note.
- Results appear grouped by resource type (Orders, Customers, Products, etc.).
- Each result shows exactly which field contained the value and provides a direct link to the record in Shopify Admin.
5. From this point on
Indexly listens to Shopify webhooks and updates the index automatically whenever a record is created or changed. You do not need to re-run the full sync unless you want to rebuild the index from scratch.
Next: Searching to understand how results are structured, or Configuration to fine-tune what gets indexed.