# Scale
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A floating-point percentage of the desired number of tasks to place and keep running in the task set.

## Contents
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 ** unit **   <a name="ECS-Type-Scale-unit"></a>
The unit of measure for the scale value.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `PERCENT`   
Required: No

 ** value **   <a name="ECS-Type-Scale-value"></a>
The value, specified as a percent total of a service's `desiredCount`, to scale the task set. Accepted values are numbers between 0 and 100.  
Type: Double  
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/ecs-2014-11-13/Scale) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/ecs-2014-11-13/Scale) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/ecs-2014-11-13/Scale)