Thank you both for your quick replies. The startDate variable seems useful; I will see if I can use that for my 'scheduled start date' that a user needs to input for certain tasks in the process when they start a new process. However, it looks more like the actual date the task was started. Maybe the scheduled start date should be a custom variable? Sounds like an interesting development, the Bussiness Activity Monitoring feature. Where can I find more info on Bussiness Activity Monitoring or the Simulation functionality? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4123563#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...