adm_drop_ds ================ **Drop of dataset** .. index:: adm_drop_ds; request Synopsis -------- **adm_drop_ds** **Arguments**: **ds**: dataset name **Return value**: ``"Dropped "`` *as plain string or* ``null`` Description ----------- Some :term:`WS-datasets` can be dropped (i.e. removed) in automatical way via this request. The configuration option :ref:`adm-drop-datasets` determines for what dataset names this operation is allowed on the instance of the system. Comment ------- Usually it is the system administrator competence to decide where it is time to drop a dataset. This method was added for testing purposes. But there can be other possibilities to use this functionality in concrete environments.