You may try defining that in pages.xml Is is more of an appropriate place since the action is not tied to any specific page flow (ie you want this action to fire however you get to the page) | <pages> | <page view-id="/panel/users/view.jspx" action="#{userViewEditBean.refresh}"/> | </pages> | View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4041183#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...