Perhaps I don't completely understand (as I don't use portlets) but that doesn't sound right to me. If you aren't propogating the conversation (s:link, h:commandLink, h:commandButton all do unless stopped using conversationPropogation) then your 'new window' (really a new window or is this a portal term?) won't have access to any other conversations so can't have data from a previous search. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3981376#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...