- TIBCO BusinessEvents®
- Standard
- Channel

# Channel.startChannel()

## Signature

`boolean startChannel(String channelURI)`

## Domain

ACTION, CONDITION

## Description

Starts a channel to active mode based on the specified URI only if the channel is in stopped state.

## Parameters

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
`channelURI` | `String` | The channel URI

## Returns

Type | Description
--- | ---
`boolean` | Returns true if successful else false.

## Cautions

none