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Title: Start Process Cloud Service
Added: v3.0.0
Status: Experimental
Last reviewed: 2019-01-09
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# [Start Process Cloud Service](../../lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/process/start-process/services/start-process-cloud.service.ts "Defined in start-process-cloud.service.ts")

Gets process definitions and starts processes. 

## Class members

### Methods

-   **getProcessDefinitions**(appName: `string`): [`Observable`](http://reactivex.io/documentation/observable.html)`<`[`ProcessDefinitionCloud`](../../lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/process/start-process/models/process-definition-cloud.model.ts)`[]>`<br/>
    Gets the process definitions associated with an app.
    -   _appName:_ `string`  - Name of the target app
    -   **Returns** [`Observable`](http://reactivex.io/documentation/observable.html)`<`[`ProcessDefinitionCloud`](../../lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/process/start-process/models/process-definition-cloud.model.ts)`[]>` - Array of process definitions
-   **startProcess**(appName: `string`, requestPayload: [`ProcessPayloadCloud`](../../lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/process/start-process/models/process-payload-cloud.model.ts)): [`Observable`](http://reactivex.io/documentation/observable.html)`<`[`ProcessInstanceCloud`](../../lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/process/start-process/models/process-instance-cloud.model.ts)`>`<br/>
    Starts a process based on a process definition, name, form values or variables.
    -   _appName:_ `string`  - name of the Application
    -   _requestPayload:_ [`ProcessPayloadCloud`](../../lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/process/start-process/models/process-payload-cloud.model.ts)  - Details of the process (definition key, name, variables, etc)
    -   **Returns** [`Observable`](http://reactivex.io/documentation/observable.html)`<`[`ProcessInstanceCloud`](../../lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/process/start-process/models/process-instance-cloud.model.ts)`>` - Details of the process instance just started

## Details

You can use the `startProcess` method in much the same way as the `startProcess` method in the
[Process service](../process-services/process.service.md) (see the [Process service](../process-services/process.service.md) page
for an example). However, the cloud version
combines the process details and variables conveniently into the
[`ProcessPayloadCloud`](../../lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/process/start-process/models/process-payload-cloud.model.ts) object.

## See also

-   [Process service](../process-services/process.service.md)