The Company of session value resolver supports two different evaluations for the applicable login context. This results primarily from the logged-in session (or an authentication via Login API), but may be temporarily changed in the direct or indirect context of a Run as event action.

• If the optional Of type parameter is not used, then the value resolver returns the data of the company account to which the applicable logon context applies.
  
  

  • Provided that the login context of the session with regard to the company is unchanged in the execution context of the value resolver, the return value of the value resolver depends on the Force load option:

    • If the Force load option is not selected (default), the value resolver accesses the data set of the 'logged in' company account, which is kept as a 'snapshot' in the current session. This data set can differ from the server-side data set, since the 'snapshot' is only renewed if changes are made to the company account within the session. Consequently, changes from other sessions that were made after the last change within the session are not reflected in the return value.

    • If the Force load option is selected, then the value resolver queries the data set of the 'logged in' company account for the return value directly from the server.
      
      

  • If the value resolver is executed in the direct or indirect context of a Run as event action that explicitly specifies a company in the 'As company' parameter, its company account appears as the return value.

    • The Force load option does not matter in this scenario, because the data of the company explicitly specified in the Run as event action will be retrieved from the server even if it is the company that is actually logged in.
      
      

• If a Company type is selected for the optional Of type parameter, then the value resolver searches the company hierarchy starting from the company from the applicable login context upwards until a company is found whose account refers to the selected Company type in the 'Company types' field (see Creating and managing company accounts).

  • The parent company hierarchy is only searched if the company itself does not refer to the searched Company type in the applicable login context.

  • The company hierarchy, which results from the assignment of 'parent companies' per company account (see Creating and managing company accounts), is searched upwards recursively and step-by-step, if necessary, until a company is found for the first time, for which the searched Company type can be assigned.

  • If there are several parent companies that match the searched Company type when evaluating a hierarchy level, the company account with the lowest ID (id) is returned.

  • If the evaluation of a hierarchy level does not yield any results, the search is continued with the 'parent companies' from the recently evaluated company accounts.

  • If there are no more 'parent companies' to evaluate, the search ends with the result 'no value' (null).

►NOTE◄ The search for the Company type in the company hierarchy is performed without regard to access restrictions for the respective company accounts. The return value also returns company accounts for which there is no read access in the context.