partial refresh works in the sense that the page on the client side is partially refreshed but I would not be surprised if the doView() methods are still called on the server side. It seems that JSR 286 provides better interaction between client and server. Partial refresh works only for inependent portlets, it's more decorative than useful. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4153572#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...