what do you mean by 'filter out'? To not show the processdefinitions a user is not allowed to carry out the start task from? You have to write your own query for that, parse swimlane/assignment expressions etc. If you do not want to show the processes a user is not allowed to start, you have to also define which processes a user is not allowed to start.. jBPM has no functionality for that. Simply because in most cases the engine is used embedded in an application and that application has all the info.... View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4031975#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...