Try with <bpws:from> concat('text ', concat('text', $input.payload/tns:input')) </bpws:from> where $input is the name of you variable. Fabiana View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4179755#4179755 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4179755