Actually, from the pdl docs, it looks like "item", "quantity" and "address" will be created as task instance variables if there are not process variables of the same name. Can anyone confirm this? Is there a way to declare the process variables at the beginning of the process definition in the PDL? Otherwise, they would have to be created using code in an action, correct? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4034353#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...