- Short answer
- Not from the order itself — Shopify documents a PDF export; for a spreadsheet, export a purchase order report in Analytics, where available.
- Sending it
- No email from the admin: download the PDF and send it yourself.
- CSV import
- Only goes in: it adds variants; one already on the order shows as an error.
- Report files
- CSV, XML, JSONL or Apache Parquet for most reports; open them in Excel or Numbers.
- API
- Per the September 17, 2026 changelog, GraphQL Admin API 2026-10 and later reads purchase orders; no create or edit.
- Old Stocky orders
- Not moved automatically and can't be imported; export them from Stocky while read-only access lasts.
What does a Shopify purchase order export as?
A PDF. After saving the draft, open More actions and click Export PDF; Shopify's purchase order guide frames it as the copy you submit to your supplier, whose agreement the purchase order records.
- Products
- Purchase orders
None of the Help Center's purchase order, Stocky or Analytics report pages, nor the two Shopify purchase order changelog posts we cite, read on October 17, 2026, describes a CSV or Excel button on the purchase order itself. The Stocky guide does mention exporting the purchase order list, without naming a file format.
Sending is manual: “You can't email a purchase order from your Shopify admin,” says the Stocky transition guide.
What does CSV do in a purchase order?
It imports. Import on a new or existing purchase order bulk-adds products from a file listing each variant's SKU or barcode and quantity; a variant already on the order shows as an error.
How do you get purchase order data into a spreadsheet?
Export a report: Analytics has let you export purchase order data since October 6, 2026, per Shopify's changelog. If purchase order analytics is available to your store, three default reports cover it: Purchase order costs, Purchase order transfers and Purchases on order.
- Analytics
- Reports
Purchase order costs shows ordered quantities, supplier costs, estimated taxes and total costs by purchase order, ordered date, supplier, destination and item: order lines, not a copy of the document.
The export page lists CSV, XML, JSONL and Apache Parquet for most reports, without naming purchase order reports, and Excel or Numbers opens the file.
The Stocky guide still says purchase order APIs aren't generally available, but GraphQL Admin API 2026-10 and later reads purchase orders in “a read-only release,” per Shopify's September 17, 2026 changelog. So an app can pull purchase orders into a spreadsheet, not create or change them.
Old Stocky purchase orders didn't move into Shopify automatically and can't be imported; export them from Stocky while its read-only access lasts.
A CSV upload won't rebuild them either: per the Stocky guide, it “only adds product line items”.
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