Interpreting the technical workflow log

[Beverlin, Dave]

Hi everybody. I have a question about some information that I'm seeing in
the technical workflow log for a purchase order approval workflow that we're
running. Below is the section of the log that I have questions on. My
questions are:
- shouldn't the agent for all log steps under the Background Step (number
792526) be the Workflow WF-Batch user? It appears that the system is using
the dialog user's ID to execute at least a portion of the background
processing, which I think might lead to security problems.
- the order of the steps listed under the Background Step seems strange. Why
are there two lines for "Execution started automatically" after the line for
"Work item processing complete"?
 
Are these just quirks in the way the log information is presented, or do
they indicate a possible problem with this workflow? Thanks for any
information you can provide.
 
Sample from the technical log
=====================================
G               783074  19   Approve/Endorse PO 4500016049 Line 00020 (
Approved              07.02.2002 12:06:59     0s
G    Workflow WF-Batch   Dialog work item created                 07.02.2002
12:06:59     FLOWITEM  000000783  TS91000003
G    John Smith          Completed by hand                        07.02.2002
14:11:12                      E10912
G    John Smith          Work item reserved                       07.02.2002
14:11:12
G    John Smith          Work item processing complete            07.02.2002
14:11:12
                        28   Set STATUS to M
STATUS set to M       07.02.2002 14:11:12
 
                        86   Approver or Endorser?
Approver              07.02.2002 14:11:12
 
G                792526  35   Background Step to Update line status
07.02.2002 14:11:12     1s
G    John Smith          Background work item created             07.02.2002
14:11:12     FLOWITEM  000000783  TS91000008
R1   John Smith          SWW_BI_EXECUTE_S                         07.02.2002
14:11:12
G    Workflow WF-Batch   Work item processing complete            07.02.2002
14:11:12 ZBUS2012Ln           450001604900020
G    John Smith          Execution started automatically          07.02.2002
14:11:12
R2   John Smith          Execution started automatically          07.02.2002
14:11:12
 
 
Notes:
G=green light
R1=red light, error message: "Object Requested is currently locked by user
WF-BATCH"
R2=red light, error message: "Workitem 000000792526 is locked by user
WF-BATCH (enqueue error)"
 
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