# StackRefactorAction
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Describes the stack and the action that CloudFormation will perform on it if you execute the stack refactor.

## Contents
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 ** Action **   
The action that CloudFormation takes on the stack.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `MOVE | CREATE`   
Required: No

 ** Description **   
A description to help you identify the refactor.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.  
Required: No

 ** Detection **   
The detection type is one of the following:  
+ Auto: CloudFormation figured out the mapping on its own.
+ Manual: The customer provided the mapping in the `ResourceMapping` parameter.
Type: String  
Valid Values: `AUTO | MANUAL`   
Required: No

 ** DetectionReason **   
The description of the detection type.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** Entity **   
The type that will be evaluated in the `StackRefactorAction`. The following are potential `Entity` types:  
+  `Stack` 
+  `Resource` 
Type: String  
Valid Values: `RESOURCE | STACK`   
Required: No

 ** PhysicalResourceId **   
The name or unique identifier associated with the physical instance of the resource.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** ResourceIdentifier **   
A key-value pair that identifies the target resource. The key is an identifier property (for example, `BucketName` for `AWS::S3::Bucket` resources) and the value is the actual property value (for example, `MyS3Bucket`).  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** ResourceMapping **   
The mapping for the stack resource `Source` and stack resource `Destination`.  
Type: [ResourceMapping](API_ResourceMapping.md) object  
Required: No

 ** TagResources.member.N **   
Assigns one or more tags to specified resources.  
Type: Array of [Tag](API_Tag.md) objects  
Required: No

 ** UntagResources.member.N **   
Removes one or more tags to specified resources.  
Type: Array of strings  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/cloudformation-2010-05-15/StackRefactorAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/cloudformation-2010-05-15/StackRefactorAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/cloudformation-2010-05-15/StackRefactorAction)