---
title: "POST /#Action=ExecutePolicy"
method: POST
path: "/#Action=ExecutePolicy"
---

# POST /#Action=ExecutePolicy

`POST /#Action=ExecutePolicy`

Executes the specified policy. This can be useful for testing the design of your scaling policy.

## Query parameters

- `Action` 'ExecutePolicy', required
- `Version` '2011-01-01', required

## Response `200`

Success

## Other responses

- `480` — ScalingActivityInProgressFault
- `481` — ResourceContentionFault

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