Charles Aznavour [http://community.jboss.org/people/charles_a] replied to the discussion "Insert user information for process instance" To view the discussion, visit: http://community.jboss.org/message/554957#554957 -------------------------------------------------------------- Hi guys, some input: * capturing the initiator shouldn´t be linked in any way with tasks. We have processes withtout tasks, but we still need the information who started this process * we use a swimlane for the initiator. The swimlane evaluates a variables we pass in on process start. In the process we use this swimlane to reference to the initiator. * after a process has finished the initiator information shoudn´t be lost. We need to be able to find  process instances (running and finished) "per initiator". Therefore, we additionally create a history variables to persist this information. Currently, we provide the initiator information on process start to let the swimlane know the value. And then, we create a history variable for it, which is (programatically) only possible after the process has been started. A bit of the same work twice, but it works and happens automatically in our system. We did´t want to the user to specifiy history variables it in the process definition for the initiator, as it´s a requirement that must always be met. Cheers, Charles -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [http://community.jboss.org/message/554957#554957] Start a new discussion in jBPM Development at Community [http://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]