# Finding executions waiting for messages based on process variable matches

**URL:** https://forum.flowable.org/t/finding-executions-waiting-for-messages-based-on-process-variable-matches/6051
**Category:** Flowable Engine
**Created:** [May 19, 2020, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/finding-executions-waiting-for-messages-based-on-process-variable-matches/6051 "2020-05-19T07:16:38Z")
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### Author: ![joram](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.flowable.org/joram/32/26_2.png) [@joram](https://forum.flowable.org/u/joram)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2021, 9:51am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/finding-executions-waiting-for-messages-based-on-process-variable-matches/6051/7 "2021-02-15T09:51:50Z")

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No, it’s not. The reference is used to reference a message element at the root of the xml. The name is a human-readable name.

The xml is

`<message id="test" name="My name" />`

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