James, This is JSF stuff and hs nothing to do with jBPM. If it is possible in jsf it is possible here. Datatables have some knowledge on the record you are working on, so these might help (where did I read this message before and responded the same... I have a deja-vu I think) Maybe you could make a hashmap and retrieve it based on the key (which can be the processid. This means that you have to extend the participantbean. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3966571#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...