OK I solved it myself. Example: identity.xml <identity> | <user name="bert" email=&quot;bert(a)sesamestreet.tv&quot; password="theresabananainyourear" /> | <user name="ernie" email=&quot;ernie(a)sesamestreet.tv&quot; password="canthereyoubert,theresabananainmyear" /> | <group name="sesameinhabitants" /> | <group name="bananalovers" parent="sesameinhabitants" type="fruitpreference" /> | <membership user="ernie" group="bananalovers" /> | </identity> Your handling class for users and so on: public void setUp(){ | JbpmContext jbpmContext = jbpmConfiguration.createJbpmContext(); | | Entity[] entities = IdentityXmlParser.parseEntitiesResource("identity.xml"); | | for (int i=0; i < entities.length; i++) { | jbpmContext.getSession().save(entities); | } Thats all. Greetings Claus View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3961901#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...