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assignChildCompany mutation

The assignChildCompany mutation allows company administrators to assign a child company to a parent company within the company hierarchy. This mutation requires parentId and childId as unique IDs of the companies as parameters. This mutation returns a company_hierarchy object if successful.

Syntax

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{
    assignChildCompany(
        input: AssignChildCompanyInput!
    ): AssignChildCompanyOutput
}
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{
    assignChildCompany(
        input: AssignChildCompanyInput!
    ): AssignChildCompanyOutput
}

Example usage

The following example assigns a child company to a parent company by the company admin.

Request:

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mutation assignChildCompany($parentId: ID!, $childId: ID!) {
    assignChildCompany(
        input: {parent_company_id: "ODM5", child_company_id: "ABCD=="}
    ) {
        company_hierarchy {
            parent {
                name
            }
            children {
                name
            }
        }
    }
}
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mutation assignChildCompany($parentId: ID!, $childId: ID!) {
    assignChildCompany(
        input: {parent_company_id: "ODM5", child_company_id: "ABCD=="}
    ) {
        company_hierarchy {
            parent {
                name
            }
            children {
                name
            }
        }
    }
}

Response:

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{
  "data": {
    "assignChildCompany": {
      "company_hierarchy": {
        "parent": {
          "name": "ParentCompanyName"
        },
        "children": [
          {
            "name": "ChildCompanyName"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}
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{
  "data": {
    "assignChildCompany": {
      "company_hierarchy": {
        "parent": {
          "name": "ParentCompanyName"
        },
        "children": [
          {
            "name": "ChildCompanyName"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Last updated 5/6/2026

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