# scaleRequest Data Type

This class represents a scale request for a deployment. At the moment we only support swarm.

Namespace
  (Default)
Schema
  ns0.xsd

Properties
name | data type | type | namespace | min/max occurs | description
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
numOfInstances | int | element |  | 1/1 | The number of instances to start. This number is absolute not cumulative. If we have 2 instances running and we request for 3 we'll have 3 if we request 1 we'll have 1
scaleTargetID | string | element |  | 0/1 | The ID of the deployment or provisioned resources to scale. For deployment scale only swarm deployments are supported.
scaleTargetName | string | element |  | 0/1 | The name of the service or topology to scale.
##### Properties inherited from ownedObject
owner | string | element |  | 0/1 | The owner (username) for the particular object. This value is set when the DAO saves the object based on the principal who made the call. It is created automatically. No need to set during a POST

Example

    <s----->
      <scaleTargetID>58e3946e0fb4f562d84ba1ad</scaleTargetID>
      <scaleTargetName>telegreen_db</scaleTargetName>
      <numOfInstances>5</numOfInstances>
      <owner>user1</owner>
    </s----->