Constant Correlation in BPM

Hi All,
I have a requirement to collect 3 different formatted text files (using FCC to XML) which do not relate in any way except that they all need to be collected and need to be sent in a sequence while delivering to the other side.
Since there were no common fields available to correlate, I have used constant values in the correlation editor and also while activating the correlation in the receive steps (in all 3).
The BPM works fine only when I send files having each one line. When I send files with multiple lines (the XMLs would have multiple recordset elements) the BPM fails in the Outbound Queue and the BPM does not even get initiated. Surprisingly in the SMQ2 logs, the correlation is being created based on ID field in the received XML (which was not intended). Similar is the case when I send any of the other type of files with multiple lines.
My assumption is the BPM should disregard the content in the files and should create a constant correlation when the first message arrives. Then it should collect until the block times out and complete the sending steps. Any guess what is going wrong?
Thanks for your time.
VJ

The problem was, one of the developers used some unidentical key fields to define the correaltion long back and they are dangling in the system with error status. After I have deleted the erroneous workflows the BPM works flawless..!!
Apparently the problem was when ever the file containg the same values the previous correlation was referring to, the BPM was failing.
VJ

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