---
title: MetafieldReference - GraphQL Admin
description: The resource referenced by the metafield value.
api_version: 2026-01
api_name: admin
type: union
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/unions/MetafieldReference'
  md: >-
    https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/unions/MetafieldReference.md
---

# Metafield​Reference

union

The resource referenced by the metafield value.

## Possible types

* Article
* Collection
* Company
* Customer
* GenericFile
* MediaImage
* Metaobject
* Model3d
* Order
* Page
* Product
* ProductVariant
* TaxonomyValue
* Video

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## Fields with this union

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* : deprecated

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```graphql
union MetafieldReference = Article | Collection | Company | Customer | GenericFile | MediaImage | Metaobject | Model3d | Order | Page | Product | ProductVariant | TaxonomyValue | Video
```