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url: /card-guides/making-buttons-run-a-process.md
description: >-
  Button components can be configured to execute a process through the Process
  Name property located in the Interactivity section.
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# Making Buttons run a process

**Button** components can be configured to execute a process through the **Process Name** property located in the **Interactivity** section. Below are several methods for setting up and passing variables to these processes.

> **Note:** For methods 2., 3., and 4. below, the target process must include the [`script.prompt`](/process-functions/script-prompt.html#script-prompt) method in order to accept values from the card.

All references to `variable name` in the examples below correspond to the `variableName` argument used in the [`script.prompt`](/process-functions/script-prompt.html#script-prompt) method:

```js
script.prompt(messageToUser, variableName, defaultValue)
```

### 1. Executing a Process - Basic

To execute a process, simply set the **Process Name** property to the process you want to run:
`processName`

A working example would be to set **Process Name** to:
`System.Dimension.Time`

### 2. Executing a Process - with Prompts

In addition to the Process Name, you can pass static values to the process using the **Process Arguments** or **Process Client Arguments** properties in the **Interactivity** section.

To pass a value for use in a process would follow the below:
`[variable name]=[value]`

A working example would be to set **Process Arguments** or **Process Client Arguments** to:
`timePrompt=2022`

### 3. Process Execution with Dynamic Prompts

You can also pass dynamic values using expressions. Click the **π (pi) icon** next to the property to open the formula editor, where you can use functions like `ELEMENT()` or `VARIABLE()`.

The syntax requires using **double quotes** and concatenation via the & symbol.

Setting the context of a single dimension would follow the below structure (using `ELEMENT()` as an example):
`"[variable name]="&ELEMENT("Element Name")`

A working example would be as follows:
`"timePrompt="&ELEMENT("Time")`

### 4. Process Execution with Multiple Dynamic Prompts

To pass multiple dynamic variables, extend the same concatenation method shown above. Wrap each variable assignment in double quotes and concatenate them using `&`.

Format:
`"[variable name]="&ELEMENT("variable name")&"&[variable name 2]="&ELEMENT("variable name 2")`

A working example would be as follows:
`"timePrompt="&ELEMENT("Time")&"&scenPrompt="&ELEMENT("Scenario")`