Starting a BPM-flow programmatically

Hi,
When we start a BPM-flow in a manual way, via Configuration Management - Processes and Tasks - Process Repository, we can which user has initiated the process in Operation Management - Manage Processes in the column 'Started by'.
However, when we try to start the same process programmatically, eg. in a webdyn pro app, via the assigned webservice in the start event, we don't see the user who has started the flow, instead we get to see 'Guest_'.
Anyone an idea to resolve this issue?
Thx!
Wesley

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4. Testing it in WS Navigator
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Hi Arafat,
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