James, If you turn process validation of in the server (deploy time) you can add your own xml elements at several levels. In 3.2 (3.1.3 as well afaik) you have access to the full xml process definition and can read anything from there . another option is to have one actionhandler that sets the process varibable at the process start event. works for me View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3992025#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...