There are processes that may not be associated with a specific logged in user. These include alternative clients, e.g. non-web processes such as batch processing, web services and deferred processing. As any process that interacts with a IBM Cúram Social Program Managementapplication must be authenticated, a valid user must exist for each of these processes. The following sections provide details on the users that must exist on the Cúram Users table as well as details on the processes that depend on these users.