Parameters for Processing Quantitative Resources (IOACND)

where

• operation is the action to be performed by the utility. Valid actions are:
  • ADD – Add the specified Quantitative resource with the quantity specified. quantity is mandatory.
  • DELETE – Delete the resource (and the entire existing quantity). quantity must not be specified.
  • CHANGE – Adjust the existing quantity of the Quantitative resource to or by the value specified in quantity. quantity is mandatory.
• resource is the quantitative resource name.
• quantity is the quantity of the Quantitative resource.

  For CHANGE operations, valid values can have the format n, +n, or –n where n is an integer. When n is specified, the quantity of the Quantitative resource is set to n. When +n or –n is specified, the quantity is increased or decreased by n.

  For ADD actions, valid values can only have the format n, where n is the quantity of the Quantitative resource to be added.