BPEL process instances are definitely stored in the JBPM_PROCESSINSTANCE table. There is no reason why you wouldn't be able to retrieve a process instance through the GraphSession methods, other than some database connectivity problem. What is the full message (and stack trace, if any) of the error you get? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4192224#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...