<AttributeOperation> element

The <AttributeOperation> defines what action should be taken on an attribute.

XML Attribute Name	Description	Allowed Values
operation	Required. The type of operation to perform on the attribute	See the operation types section on this page
name	Required. The system name of the attribute as it appears in the FIM Service Schema	Any valid FIM service system attribute name that is bound to the resource type specified in the parent ResourceOperation
type	Optional. Defines the type of value provided in the element | See the value types section on this page

Operation Types

The following operation types are supported for attribute values

Operation type	Description
none	The 'none' operation is used when defining an [[anchor attribute
add	Add the value
replace	Replaces the value of the attribute with that specified in the element text
delete	Deletes the specified value
### Value Types
Value type	Description
---	---
	If a value type is not specified, then the text contents of the element are used as the attribute value. The text will be searched for any [[variable
file	Specifies that the text content of the element refers to a file which should be imported and used as the attribute value. The file will be searched for any [[variable
xmlref	Specifies that the text content of the element refers to another object that has an existing [[ResourceOperation
filter	Specifies that the text content of the element is an XPath filter, and should be wrapped with the XML XPath descriptor. The filter text will be searched for any [[variable
ref	Specifies that the text content of the element is a reference to another object within the FIM service. Objects are referenced using the format ```ObjectType
### Example
The following example shows an attribute operation that sets the text of the attribute to that specified in the element
```xml
_Demo Set
```

The following example shows an attribute operation that constructs a filter attribute. Only the XPath is provided, and the XML wrapper gets added automatically

<AttributeOperation operation="replace" name="Filter" type="filter">/Person</AttributeOperation>

The following example shows an attribute operation that imports the text content of myworkflow.xml and saves that content to the XOML attribute

<AttributeOperation operation="replace" name="XOML" type="file">.\myworkflow.xoml"</AttributeOperation>

The following example shows an attribute operation that sets the value of the attribute to the display name of another object

<AttributeOperation operation="replace" name="ExplicitMember" type="ref">Set|DisplayName|_DemoSet</AttributeOperation>

Alternatively if the resource in question is already in the XML file, and has a [[ResourceOperation element]] with an id of setDemo

<AttributeOperation operation="replace" name="ExplicitMember" type="xmlref">setDemo</AttributeOperation>

Given a [][Variable element] with a name of #environment#, the following example shows how to use that variable in a text value The following example shows an attribute operation that sets the text of the attribute to that specified in the element

<AttributeOperation operation="replace" name="DisplayName">_Demo Set in #environment#</AttributeOperation>