---
title: ChannelInformation - GraphQL Admin
description: >-
  Identifies the [sales
  channel](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/sales-channels) and
  [`App`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/App) from
  which an
  [`Order`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Order)
  originated. Provides attribution details such as the specific platform
  (Facebook Marketplace, Instagram Shopping) or marketplace where the order was
  placed.


  Links to the app that manages the channel and optional
  [`ChannelDefinition`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/ChannelDefinition)
  details that specify the exact sub-channel or selling surface.
api_version: 2025-01
api_name: admin
type: object
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: >-
    https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-01/objects/ChannelInformation
  md: >-
    https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-01/objects/ChannelInformation.md
---

# Channel​Information

object

Identifies the [sales channel](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/sales-channels) and [`App`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/App) from which an [`Order`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Order) originated. Provides attribution details such as the specific platform (Facebook Marketplace, Instagram Shopping) or marketplace where the order was placed.

Links to the app that manages the channel and optional [`ChannelDefinition`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/ChannelDefinition) details that specify the exact sub-channel or selling surface.

## Fields

* app

  [App!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-01/objects/App)

  non-null

  The app associated with the channel.

* channel​Definition

  [Channel​Definition](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-01/objects/ChannelDefinition)

  The channel definition associated with the channel.

* channel​Id

  [ID!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-01/scalars/ID)

  non-null

  The unique ID for the channel.

* id

  [ID!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-01/scalars/ID)

  non-null

  A globally-unique ID.

***

## Map

### Fields with this object

* {}[Order.channelInformation](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-01/objects/Order#field-Order.fields.channelInformation)

***

## Interfaces

* [Node](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-01/interfaces/Node)

  interface

***

## ||-ChannelInformation Implements

### Implements

* ||-[Node](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-01/interfaces/Node)