> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.lithnet.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.lithnet.io/resource-management-powershell/v1.0/configuration/operations-element/attributeoperations-element/attributeoperation-element.md). # \ element The `` 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](https://github.com/lithnet/resourcemanagement-powershell/wiki/ResourceOperation-element) | | 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 ```xml /Person ``` The following example shows an attribute operation that imports the text content of `myworkflow.xml` and saves that content to the `XOML` attribute ```xml .\myworkflow.xoml" ``` The following example shows an attribute operation that sets the value of the attribute to the display name of another object ```xml Set|DisplayName|_DemoSet ``` Alternatively if the resource in question is already in the XML file, and has a \[\[ResourceOperation element]] with an id of `setDemo` ```xml setDemo ``` 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 ```xml _Demo Set in #environment# ``` --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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