Log on as batch task with User Profile Disks

We have a Windows Server 2012 R2 Remote Desktop deployment, where we use user profile disks stored on a central file server.
We are trying to run a scheduled tasks as a user, while they are logged off.
When the tasks runs, I can see an event in event viewer that says it was unable to load the user's profile, and as such, the Excel add in that is part of the tasks is not enabled, and as such the tasks fails to complete successfully.
Is this a limitation of the user profile disks? Can the server load the user profile disk even without the user logging in interactively?
Cheers, Eds

Hi Amy,
The task itself isn't failing, but the action the task executes fails, because it has logged in with a temporary profile.
The last run time of the task was 14/04/2015 10:49:00, completing at 10:49:02. At this time, there is an event in the event viewer:
As the tasks is logging in with a temporary profile, the Excel add-ins that user has are not loaded, and the action fails. This is the log from the application itself that is trying to run:
The report 'PATH_TO_SPREADSHEET.xlsx' failed to run with the following error: 'Cannot run the macro 'JetMenu'. The macro may not be available in this workbook or all macros may be disabled.'.
The macro it is referring to is an Excel reporting add-in.
I think what I need to happen, is for the server to mount the users User Profile Disk, so that it does not load a temporary profile.
Many thanks
Eds

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using RD
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