When used inside Seam, JBPM variables are not visible in EL, as the Seam jbpm component configures its own EL variable resolver that only looks in Seam contexts. I am currently experimenting with my own jbpm bootstrap that uses my own VariableResolver implementation that looks in both JBPM and Seam context when resolving variables. I will post the results here and potentially file a feature request. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4034214#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...