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TIBCO iProcess® Engine 11.10.0

# Starting a Case

You can start a case of a procedure from the `swutil` menu (see Using swutil) using either of the following options:

| • | 8 - Start a Case (without supplying any data)

| • | 9 - Start a Case with Data

Alternatively, you can use the following commands:

| • | to start a case without data:

`swutil CSTART [``version``] [-sN] [-c] [-V]` `procname``` `casedesc``[``startstep``]` `[-P` `priority``]`

| • | to start a case with data:

`swutil DCSTART [``version``] [-sN] [-c] [-V]` `procname``` `casedesc` `datafile``[``startstep``]` `[-P` `priority``]`

where:

| • | `version` (optional) specifies the version of the procedure that you want to start a case of. Specify one of the following flags:

Flag | Description
`-r` | Start a (live) case of the Released version.
`-u` | Start a (test) case of the Unreleased version.
`-m` | Start a (test) case of the Model version.
`-v` `X``.``Y` | Start a case of Version `X``.``Y`, where `X` is the major version number and `Y` is the minor version number.

If `version` is not specified, the following default precedence order is used to select the version to use:

Released > Unreleased > Model

Using a Released version starts a live case. Using an Unreleased or Model version starts a test case.

| • | `-s` `N` (optional) specifies the precedence order to be used to select the version of any sub-procedure started by the case.

Value | Precedence
`1` | Released version only
`2` | Unreleased > Released version
`3` | Model > Released version
`4` | Unreleased > Model > Released version
`5` | Model > Unreleased > Released version

If the `-s` `N` flag is not specified, only Released versions are used.

Using a Released version starts a live sub-case. Using an Unreleased or Model version starts a test sub-case.

Note | For more information about procedure versions, see "Using Version Control" in TIBCO iProcess Modeler Procedure Management.

| • | `-c` (optional) specifies that the command returns the case number of the started case.

| • | `-V` (optional) specifies verbose operation.

| • | `procname` is the name of the procedure that you want to start a case of.

| • | `casedesc` is the case description to use for the started case.

| • | `datafile` is the name of a file in `abox` format (See "Using iProcess Abox Files" in TIBCO iProcess Modeler Integration Techniques), containing data for field initialization.

| • | `startstep` (optional) specifies the stepname at which to start the case; if omitted the start step in the procedure definition is used.

| • | `-P` `priority` specifies the internal message queue priorities. For more information about message priorities, see "Message Prioritizing" in the appropriate TIBCO iProcess Engine (Database) Administrator’s Guide.

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