I am not too familiar with the source code but I took a look. Here's the interface HistoryProcessInstance. Since there is also a state active I suppose you can also access active process instances over this interface? | public interface HistoryProcessInstance { | | /** when the full process instance has come to an end */ | String STATE_ENDED = "ended"; | | /** when the full process instance is still active */ | String STATE_ACTIVE = "active"; | | .. | | /** when the process instance started */ | Date getStartTime(); | | .. | | } | The interface ProcessInstance just extends Execution: | public interface ProcessInstance extends Execution { | } | I checked and there is no getter or attribute for the start time. So for me this means: When I work with the ExecutionService and a process instance is returned I cannot easily get the start time but I would have to do a query on the HistoryService for this instance to get the start time? If I don't get anything wrong this turns out to be rather a discussion about the API for the development forum than for the users' forum. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4256792#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...