Another question: how to write the expression "true" if the following is not considered true...? <condition expression="#{true}"/> (http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/tutorial/doc/JSPIntro7.html#wp77280 defines the literal true) Read on for yet another problem in my quest to extend the websales sample for a demo: If I understand correctly then <decision name="Fits in mailbox"> | <transition name="Yes" to="ship item"> | <condition expression="#{false}"/> | </transition> | <transition name="No" to="Inform customer"/> | </decision> should execute the second transition, which has no condition and thus is the 'otherwise' branch. However, again I get [Decision] decision didn't select transition, taking default Transition(Yes) But... I get the very same message using <condition expression="#{true}"/> ...so the above might just be caused by my trouble with decisions in the workflow. If not, then maybe I'll investigate the cause later on, or repost this in a thread of its own. Documentation: http://docs.jboss.org/jbpm/v3/userguide/jpdl.html#condition.element states anonymous wrote : The contents of the condition element is a jPDL expression that should evaluate to a boolean. A decision takes the first transition (as ordered in the processdefinition.xml) for which the expression resolves to true. If none of the conditions resolve to true, the default leaving transition (== the first one) will be taken. Another section of the same page at http://docs.jboss.org/jbpm/v3/userguide/jpdl.html#decision.element claims anonymous wrote : The leaving transitions of a decision can be extended with a condition. The decision will look for the first transition for which the condition evaluates to true. A transition without a condition is considered to evaluate to true (to model the 'otherwise' branch). Arjan. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4018593#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...