woooowwww .... lots of wrong assumptions here pressing save does save the variables, just not make the task finish and the process take an transition The taskinstancebean is for the console, but can be reused. If you want to combine data from your own system with processdata, you'll have to develop a small framework for it (e.g. MyTaskBean class) and use the jbpm api in there View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4056033#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...