You need to have at least the process instance id or the work item id to get your things done. session.startProcess("processName"); ---- This will always starts a new process You have to get hold of your process instance or you can directly complete the work item if you have the work item id. StatefulKnowledgeSession ksession = JPAKnowledgeService.loadStatefulKnowledgeSession(sessionId, kbase, null, getEnvironment()); WorkflowProcessInstance inst = (WorkflowProcessInstance)ksession.getProcessInstance(<<process instance id>>); ........get hold of the work item and complete it OR If you have the work item id already you can do this directly ksession.getWorkItemManager().completeWorkItem(<<workitemid>>, null); -----Original Message----- From: rules-users-bounces(a)lists.jboss.org [mailto:rules-users-bounces@lists.jboss.org] On Behalf Of Scott Stevenson Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:00 AM To: Rules Users List Subject: [rules-users] How do I resume a paused process? I have a process that pauses after a few nodes are executed because it reaches a Human Task node. I retrieve the persisted session with the following code: JPAKnowledgeService.loadStatefulKnowledgeSession(sessionId, kbase, null, getEnvironment()); Once I have this session object I'm not sure how to resume the paused process? I want to signal the Human Task work item as complete and have the process resume at that point. I've tried this code: WorkItemManager wm = session.getWorkItemManager(); wm.registerWorkItemHandler("Approve", new WSHumanTaskHandler()); WorkflowProcessInstance pi = (WorkflowProcessInstance) session.startProcess("processName"); Object[] nodes = pi.getNodeInstances().toArray(); WorkItem wi = ((HumanTaskNodeInstance) nodes[0]).getWorkItem(); wm.completeWorkItem(wi.getId(), null); session.dispose(); The result of this is that the workflow restarts from the first node and completes to the end. I expected that the workflow would start at the persisted location. What am I missing here? Scott Stevenson _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing list rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users