Let me confirm my understanding of the problem. The following import is created by the designer when adding partners to the process. <bpws:import importType="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" namespace="http://lins.errores.bpel.designerArtifacts"/> This is the import you changed manually: <bpws:import importType="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" | location="ExcepcionBPELDesignerArtifacts.wsdl" namespace="http://lins.errores.bpel.designerArtifacts"/> If this description is correct, then the cause of the problem is that jBPM BPEL assumes all import elements have the location attribute set. The solution is to skip import elements that have no location attribute, and the workaround to delete such elements before deploying or set the location attribute on them. P.S. Saludos a Uruguay, suelo que vio nacer a Mario Benedetti :-) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4153457#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...