Standard vs Advanced Input

When you create a function in PowerX, you choose between Standard and Advanced input. This choice determines which selectors and qualifiers are available for campaigns within that function.

Important: Input type is chosen when creating a function and cannot be changed afterward. Choose carefully based on your needs.

Standard Input

Standard input covers most use cases and includes all the core selectors and qualifiers.

Item selectors included:

• Product ID, Collections, Type, Vendor
• Variant SKU, Variant ID, Variant Title
• Cheapest Product, Most Expensive Product
• Has Selling Plan, Has Not Selling Plan

Cart qualifiers included:

• Subtotal, Quantity, Weight
• Has Items, Has Not Items, Has Only Items
• Discount Code/Title
• Market, Language

Customer qualifiers included:

• Email
• Order Count
• Total Spent
• Logged In / Not Logged In

Advanced Input

Advanced input includes everything in Standard, plus additional selectors and qualifiers.

Additional item selectors:

• Product Tags — select products by their Shopify tags
• Line Item Property — select by line item property (limit: 1 per function)

Additional cart qualifiers:

• Cart Has Attribute — match against cart attribute key-value pairs

Additional customer qualifiers:

• Customer Tags — match against customer tags

Additional discount types:

• Dynamic Price — read price from a product variant metafield (powerx namespace, custom_price key)

Comparison

Feature	Standard	Advanced
Product ID, Collections, Type, Vendor	Yes	Yes
Variant SKU, ID, Title	Yes	Yes
Cheapest / Most Expensive	Yes	Yes
Selling Plan selectors	Yes	Yes
Cart subtotal, quantity, weight	Yes	Yes
Has/Has Not/Only Items	Yes	Yes
Discount Code, Market, Language	Yes	Yes
Customer Email, Order Count, Spent	Yes	Yes
Logged In / Not Logged In	Yes	Yes
Product Tags	No	Yes
Line Item Property	No	Yes (1 per function)
Cart Has Attribute	No	Yes
Customer Tags	No	Yes
Dynamic Price	No	Yes

When to Use Standard

Choose Standard when:

• You’re targeting products by collection, type, vendor, or specific IDs
• Your conditions are based on cart value, quantity, or customer email/order history
• You don’t need tag-based targeting or line item properties
• You want the simpler configuration experience

When to Use Advanced

Choose Advanced when:

• You need to target products by tags (the most common reason)
• You need customer tag conditions (e.g., VIP, wholesale, B2B)
• You need cart attribute conditions
• You need line item property conditions (custom product options)
• You want dynamic pricing from metafields

Tips

• If you’re unsure, start with Standard. You can always create a new function with Advanced input if you need the extra features later.
• Advanced input doesn’t add complexity unless you use the extra features — it simply makes more options available.
• The Dynamic Price discount type (reading from a metafield) is only available with Advanced input on Product Discount + Conditional Discount campaigns.