Yes, by putting the group name in the pooled actors and before you query the pooled tasks, decide what groups your specific users is in and add that groupname to the list. And 'yes' they are interchangeable, technically. For the list that is passed to the pooled actors query they are all just strings View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4222565#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...