I'm having a similar problem, but i'm using the expressions directly: | <start-state name="enter request"> | <task name="request entry"> | <controller> | <variable name="start date" access="read,write,required"></variable> | <variable name="duration" access="read,write,required"></variable> | </controller> | <assignment expression="group(users)"></assignment> | </task> | <transition name="" to="evaluate request"></transition> | </start-state> | Group users, has 2 users: grover and ernie I start the instance with ernie, and the task appears on ernie tasklist and not in the group. | cmd = new NewProcessInstanceCommand(); | cmd.setProcessId(Long.parseLong(pid)); | //cmd.setActorId(userName); | cmd.setCreateStartTask(true); | | execute(cmd); | In this case, have tried to comment \ uncomment the actorid and the createstarttask and the behavior is the same. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4059629#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...