# Start Process component Starts a process. ![adf-start-process ](docassets/images/startProcess.png) ## Basic Usage ```html ``` ### Properties | Name | Description | | --- | --- | | appId | (required): Limit the list of processes which can be started to those contained in the specified app | | variables | Variables in input to the process [RestVariable](https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-js-api/tree/master/src/alfresco-activiti-rest-api/docs/RestVariable.md)| ### Events | Name | Description | | --- | --- | | start | Raised when the process start | | cancel | Raised when the process canceled | | error | Raised when the start process fail | ## Details Displays Start Process, allowing the user to specify some details like process name and process definition, which are the most basic requirement to start a new process instance. The user have to select the process definition from a dropdown if there are more than one process definition available. If there is just one process definition available for the app, then it is auto-selected. There is a error message shown if no process definition is available.