---
title: PublicationOperation - GraphQL Admin
description: The possible types of publication operations.
api_version: 2025-10
api_name: admin
type: union
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/unions/publicationoperation
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/unions/publicationoperation.md
---

# Publication​Operation

union

Requires The user must have `read_products` or `read_publications` access.

The possible types of publication operations.

## Possible types

* [Add​All​Products​Operation](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/AddAllProductsOperation)

  OBJECT

  Represents an operation publishing all products to a publication.

  * id

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

    non-null

    A globally-unique ID.

  * processed​Row​Count

    [Int](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/Int)

    The count of processed rows, summing imported, failed, and skipped rows.

  * row​Count

    [Row​Count](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/RowCount)

    Represents a rows objects within this background operation.

  * status

    [Resource​Operation​Status!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/enums/ResourceOperationStatus)

    non-null

    The status of this operation.

* [Catalog​Csv​Operation](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/CatalogCsvOperation)

  OBJECT

  A catalog csv operation represents a CSV file import.

  * id

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

    non-null

    A globally-unique ID.

  * processed​Row​Count

    [Int](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/Int)

    The count of processed rows, summing imported, failed, and skipped rows.

  * row​Count

    [Row​Count](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/RowCount)

    Represents a rows objects within this background operation.

  * status

    [Resource​Operation​Status!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/enums/ResourceOperationStatus)

    non-null

    The status of this operation.

* [Publication​Resource​Operation](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/PublicationResourceOperation)

  OBJECT

  A bulk update operation on a publication.

  * id

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

    non-null

    A globally-unique ID.

  * processed​Row​Count

    [Int](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/Int)

    The count of processed rows, summing imported, failed, and skipped rows.

  * row​Count

    [Row​Count](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/RowCount)

    Represents a rows objects within this background operation.

  * status

    [Resource​Operation​Status!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/enums/ResourceOperationStatus)

    non-null

    The status of this operation.

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## Fields with this union

* [Publication.operation](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Publication#field-Publication.fields.operation)

  OBJECT

  A publication is a group of products and collections that is published to an app.

***

```graphql
union PublicationOperation = AddAllProductsOperation | CatalogCsvOperation | PublicationResourceOperation
```