"wfenthusiast" wrote : You can get to the variables using the | | Map processVars = processInstance.getContextInstance().getVariables(); Well that certainly seems like it should do what I want... but like Ricardo I also get a null value back from this. Can someone please shed light on why this is the case? kukeltje - Sounds like you are saying that the way I am doing it is the right way (and only way other than my own hibernate queries)? This still doesn't give me access to a list of the variables? How can I do that? Thanks for the quick responses. -Jon View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4050500#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...