Ok, I have it working now but a few things seem rather odd about what I am doing and why it is working. I changed pages.xml to this <page view-id="/servicerequest.xhtml"> | <param name="serviceRequestId" value="#{serviceRequestManager.serviceRequestId}" | converterId="javax.faces.Long"/> | <begin-conversation join="true" pageflow="serviceRequestCreation"/> | </page> | | | <page view-id="/addressrequestlisting.xhtml"> | <param name="serviceRequestId" value="#{serviceRequestManager.serviceRequestId}" | converterId="javax.faces.Long"/> | <begin-conversation join="true" pageflow="serviceRequestCreation"/> | <action execute="#{serviceRequestManager.loadServiceRequest(serviceRequestManager.serviceRequestId)}"/> | </page> And added the redirect back into the pageflow <page name="serviceRequestListing" view-id="/addressrequestlisting.xhtml" | back="enabled"> | <transition name="viewServiceRequest" to="serviceRequest"/> | </page> | | <page name="serviceRequest" view-id="/servicerequest.xhtml" | back="enabled"> | <redirect/> | <transition name="viewAssignments" to="assignmentListing"/> | </page> Now a few things strike me as odd 1. When I hover the mouse over this link <s:link action="viewServiceRequest" | value="#{req.serviceRequestNumber}"> | <f:param name="serviceRequestId" value="#{req.serviceRequestId}" /> | </s:link> the browser is displaying http://localhost:8080/srms/addressrequestlisting.seam?serviceRequestId=1&... in the status bar instead of http://localhost:8080/srms/servicerequest.seam...... since that is where the pageflow is pointing. 2. When I go directly to http://localhost:8080/srms/servicerequest.seam?serviceRequestId=1 #{serviceRequestManager.loadServiceRequest(serviceRequestId)} is called eventhough I have removed the action it was defined in from pages.xml where servicerequest.xhml is defined. I have no idea how Seam knows to call this method especially since its NOT annotated using @Factory or @Create It seems there is some magic going on somewhere that I can't seem to lay a handle on. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4088058#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...