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title: "Starting a Chart"
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# Starting a Chart

> <IUCard title="Starting a Chart" link="https://inductiveuniversity.com/video/starting-a-chart/7.9" />

A chart can be started in one of four ways:

- **From Scripting** Using the `system.sfc.startChart` method of the scripting API, a chart can be started from anywhere. The chart must be in **Callable** execution mode.

- **From an Enclosing Step** A chart can spawn an instance of another chart using an [Enclosing Step](sequential-function-charts\SFC-elements\enclosing-step.md).
 
- **Automatically** A chart whose execution mode is **RunAlways** is automatically started when the Gateway starts up. If the chart stops, the Gateway does not re-execute it. If you want a chart that runs all the time, it should be designed to never stop, for example, by looping back upon itself continuously.
 
- **From the Designer** While designing a chart, you can start instances of it  from the **Chart Control** panel in the Designer using the **Start** link.