Data exclusion
Data exclusion lets you hide certain products from Logistified’s analytics — for example, archived items that would clutter the forecast. There are two flavors: advisory rules (filters that hide items) and a destructive deletion option (which actually removes products). They look similar but behave very differently. Both live in Settings → Data exclusion — there is no Inventory page in the app.
On this page
Section titled “On this page”- The always-on filter
- Advisory rules
- Where rules take effect
- Adding a rule
- Destructive data deletion
- See also
The always-on filter
Section titled “The always-on filter”By default, Logistified hides products whose Shopify status is archived or draft. You can’t opt out of this — these products would distort every metric.
Advisory rules
Section titled “Advisory rules”You can add custom data exclusion rulesData exclusion ruleA filter that hides certain products from analytics — usually archived or draft products, or items in specific tags / vendors / collections. Advisory: every report that uses it applies the filter itself. Read more → that hide products matching:
- A tag
- A vendor
- A product type
- A category
Rules are advisory — every page that reads them applies them. If a page forgets, the rule doesn’t take effect there.
Removing a tag (or otherwise making a product no longer match a rule) restores it automatically the next time Shopify sends an update — even for a product that was previously removed with the deletion option below. A product that matches a rule and was never synced in the first place isn’t stored at all, so it won’t show up in any counts on the settings page.
Where rules take effect
Section titled “Where rules take effect”| Surface | Applies exclusion rules |
|---|---|
| Forecast | Yes |
| Reports | Yes |
| Notifications | Yes |
| Purchase Orders | No |
| Stock takes | No |
Adding a rule
Section titled “Adding a rule”Settings → Data exclusion → “Add rule” → pick column + value(s). Save.
Destructive data deletion
Section titled “Destructive data deletion”The settings page also exposes a more drastic action: delete matching products from Logistified entirely.
What it does:
- Physically removes products matching your rule from Logistified.
- Skips variants that appear on a PO line item — those get marked as deleted instead, preserving the audit trail.
What it does not do:
- Does not touch Shopify. The products stay in Shopify.
See also
Section titled “See also”- Settings → Data exclusion — the actual settings page.
- Order exclusion — the sibling Orders tab; filters orders (not products) out of the forecast without deleting them.
- Forecast → Overview — where exclusion rules show their effect.