# Shopify Google Cloud Settings

The Google Cloud page is primarily used by advanced and enterprise merchants who manage their own Google Cloud environment.

# Project Details

The page shows the connected:

• Google Cloud project ID
• Google Cloud project number

Use Open Project to jump directly to the Vertex AI Search for Commerce console for that project.

# Service Account Details

Retail Cloud Connect uses a Nimstrata-managed service account to connect Shopify to Google Cloud.

This service account requires:

• Google Cloud Retail Admin
• A Nimstrata custom role for project access

For a permission breakdown, review Nimstrata's Google Cloud IAM permissions.

# Serving Configurations and Models

From the Google Cloud console you can:

• Create or edit serving configurations
• Manage serving and facet controls
• Review analytics and experiments
• Manage Recommendations AI models

# Document Search

Merchants using Vertex AI document search can configure a Generative AI System Prompt from this page.

The current prompt templates include:

• Basic
• Brief
• Technical
• Non-Technical
• List Format

Use the prompt to control:

• Answer tone
• Length
• Formatting
• Technical depth