My last reply did get truncated - probably my fault. What got clipped was saying that I thought the script element would possibly do what I need. '$myVar; should have been '$recordId', which I have since learned should be accessible as a naked string in an expression (i.e. recordId). I have done some further experimentation and reading regarding the script element, but I am having problems with using it - in some cases, xml validation errors when using it in certain places that should be allowed according to the DTD,. in other cases some weird persistence error indicating that the Script was not of type Action (which it is). Is it possible that is not fully supported in jBPM 3.1.4? Thanks, Shea. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4032166#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...