Invalid Status value

What is this issue?

Status is not one of Active, Draft, Archived.

Why Shopify rejects this

Unexpected status values can cause Shopify to ignore or misinterpret a row.

Valid values / expected format

• ✓Active
• ✓Draft
• ✓Archived

Examples

Fix in StriveFormats

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Fix in Excel

1. 1In Excel, click the column letter for the Status column.
2. 2Press Ctrl+H. In 'Find what', type the invalid value -- in 'Replace with', type the correct accepted value -- Replace All.
3. 3The accepted values are: Active, Draft, Archived.
4. 4To prevent future errors, add a dropdown: select the column, go to Data > Data Validation, choose 'List', and enter the valid options separated by commas.
5. 5Save as CSV (Comma delimited).

Fix in Google Sheets

1. 1In Google Sheets, select the Status column.
2. 2Press Ctrl+H. Find the invalid value -- Replace with the correct accepted value -- Replace All.
3. 3Accepted values: Active, Draft, Archived.
4. 4To add a validation dropdown: select the column, go to Data > Data Validation, choose 'Dropdown (from a list)', and enter the valid options.
5. 5Go to File > Download > Comma Separated Values (.csv).

Prevent it next time

• --Copy-paste allowed values directly from the official template to avoid typos.
• --Use Excel Data Validation or Google Sheets Data Validation to restrict the column to a dropdown of allowed values.
• --Check the platform's official documentation for the current list of allowed values -- they can change.

How StriveFormats detects this

StriveFormats checks the Status column against the exact list of accepted values for Shopify. The comparison is case-sensitive -- any casing variation or typo is flagged as an invalid value.