Switch in bpm

I have a bpm process with a few switches in it ( 4) and one switch has three branches and 3 of them only 2. The problem that i currently have is that almost random the conditions for the switches are used incorrectly.
If a activate again then suddenly another swithc is working incorrect. i checked my cacha and that is up to date and my conditions are simple xpath statements on a string field and checking if it contains PASS. I found one other person with this problem, Problem with Switch Step in BPM from Yaseen

Hi Frank,
Are you checking for the same field with the same condition in more than one branch by any chance, or is the result of any one check affecting the result of another check in any way. Basically, just check if the switch statements are getting "confused":)
Regards,
Sushumna
P.S. Generally, there is a problem with the return code when a switch statement is used and this generally gets resolved by refreshing the cache.

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Hi Prashant,
Not sure if these links will provide the solution, These describe the process:
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/6a/db283fd0ca8443e10000000a114084/content.htm
Condition Editor:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/67/49767669963545a071a190b77a9a23/content.htm
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/d1/c8de3fc6c6ec06e10000000a1550b0/content.htm
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