# myAppData

query · in the family [Your own session](/reference/your-own-session/)

## What it does

Read one of your own saved per-app preferences. Never saved yet reads as empty — that’s normal.

ONE of your own app-private values at this organization. ABSENT = null, never an error — absence is a legal preference state. Requires authentication.

## Who may call it

Capability area: **Your own session** — What every signed-in person may do for themselves — their session, their profile and their own work.

- Owner
- System Administrator
- Manager
- Associate Manager
- Warehouse Associate
- Sales Associate
- Cashier
- An API key whose scope allows `api:myAppData`

## Arguments

| Name | Type | Required | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `app` | [String](/types/#scalars) `String!` | yes | No further notes. |
| `name` | [String](/types/#scalars) `String!` | yes | No further notes. |

## Returns

[MyAppDataEntry](/types/MyAppDataEntry/) — One of the calling user's own app-private values.

## Example request

```graphql
query ExampleMyAppData($app: String!, $name: String!) {
  myAppData(app: $app, name: $name) {
    app
    name
    value
    createdAt
    updatedAt
    revision
    revisionNum
  }
}
```

Variables:

```json
{
  "app": "<app>",
  "name": "Blue jeans"
}
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "data": {
    "myAppData": {
      "app": "<app>",
      "name": "Blue jeans",
      "value": "<value>",
      "createdAt": "2027-01-31T00:00:00.000Z",
      "updatedAt": "2027-01-31T00:00:00.000Z",
      "revision": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-b7960e180000",
      "revisionNum": 1
    }
  },
  "extensions": {
    "at": {
      "callId": "01EXAMPLE-CALL-ID",
      "version": {
        "requested": null,
        "serviced": {
          "name": "genesis",
          "number": 0
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Errors this call can answer

- `VALIDATION/INVALID` — Something in the request is not valid. ([VALIDATION](/errors/VALIDATION/))
- `AUTHN/REQUIRED` — Sign in to do this. ([AUTHN](/errors/AUTHN/))
- `AUTHZ/FORBIDDEN` — Your role does not allow this action. ([AUTHZ](/errors/AUTHZ/))
- `RATE_LIMIT/THROTTLED` — Too many requests in a short time. ([RATE_LIMIT](/errors/RATE_LIMIT/))