diff --git a/demo-shell-ng2/app/components/activiti/activiti-demo.component.html b/demo-shell-ng2/app/components/activiti/activiti-demo.component.html
index 70f5c41cd0..0e5159fe2c 100644
--- a/demo-shell-ng2/app/components/activiti/activiti-demo.component.html
+++ b/demo-shell-ng2/app/components/activiti/activiti-demo.component.html
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
                     <div class="mdl-grid">
                         <div class="mdl-cell mdl-cell--2-col task-column">
                             <span>Process Filters</span>
+                            <button type="button" (click)="navigateStartProcess()" class="mdl-button" data-automation-id="btn-start-process">Start Process</button>
                             <activiti-process-instance-filters [appId]="appId"
                                     (filterClick)="onProcessFilterClick($event)" (onSuccess)="onSuccessProcessFilterList($event)"
                                     #activitiprocessfilter></activiti-process-instance-filters>
diff --git a/demo-shell-ng2/app/components/activiti/activiti-demo.component.ts b/demo-shell-ng2/app/components/activiti/activiti-demo.component.ts
index 7597abd8a7..c04b748931 100644
--- a/demo-shell-ng2/app/components/activiti/activiti-demo.component.ts
+++ b/demo-shell-ng2/app/components/activiti/activiti-demo.component.ts
@@ -188,6 +188,10 @@ export class ActivitiDemoComponent implements AfterViewChecked {
         this.currentProcessInstanceId = processInstanceId;
     }
 
+    navigateStartProcess() {
+        this.changeTab('processes', 'start-process');
+    }
+
     onStartProcessInstance() {
         this.activitiStartProcess.reset();
         this.activitiprocesslist.reload();