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DeltaV Batch Reported Parameter Name Set Resolution Issue.

I have a batch application where I am using a name set to identify a source tank.  Individual phases within the batch have transitions which reference this name set by using a unit parameter.  In one of the phases the name set value is reported as a recipe parameter so that it can be used in a transition in the recipe.

When we add a new tank, it is always added at the bottom of the name set.  We have observed on multiple occasions that only the first time we try to use a newly added name set value, the recipe seems to have issues resolving the reported recipe parameter.  All the transitions within phases using the unit parameter act as expected.  The batch journal shows that this value is being reported as the correct value (numerical).  When we look at the PFC view, the recipe details show that this value is reported as the previously last used name set (reported as the string name).  The numerical value reported in the batch journal doesn't match the string name reported in the PFC view which always reports the previous last value in the name set.  

The modifications are downloaded in the following order.  The changed setup data is downloaded on the entire control network (controller and batch executive).  Then the changes to the recipes, units, and phases are downloaded.

Is this issue indicative of something being downloaded incorrectly?  Does the entire batch executive need downloaded when a name set is modified that is being used for a reported parameter?  If the name set change wasn't recognized by batch executive correctly and it received a value that it did not recognize as being within the name set would in report the last known good value as opposed to generating an error.

I appreciate any advice.  Thanks

In the instance below value 82 was recently added.  Everything sees the value of 82 and resolves it correctly except for phase reported recipe value which instead list the name for value 81.  

NAMED SET

PFC VIEW

Batch Journal

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