diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/application/DuplicateAsFlatMap.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/application/DuplicateAsFlatMap.java
index cf25f043ecef8c4bc564cff454d6477d69c945aa..16e47f6e1a82dd7d2c672986d67a65d7e008c20e 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/application/DuplicateAsFlatMap.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/application/DuplicateAsFlatMap.java
@@ -14,13 +14,17 @@ import titan.ccp.model.records.ActivePowerRecord;
 
 
 /**
- * Duplicates the Kv containing the (Children,Parents) pair as a flat map.
+ * Duplicates the {@link KV} containing the (children,parents) pairs as flatMap.
  */
 public class DuplicateAsFlatMap
     extends DoFn<KV<String, ActivePowerRecord>, KV<SensorParentKey, ActivePowerRecord>> {
+
   private static final long serialVersionUID = -5132355515723961647L;
-  @StateId("parents")
-  private final StateSpec<ValueState<Set<String>>> parents = StateSpecs.value();// NOPMD
+
+  private static final String STATE_STORE_NAME = "DuplicateParents";
+
+  @StateId(STATE_STORE_NAME)
+  private final StateSpec<ValueState<Set<String>>> parents = StateSpecs.value();
   private final PCollectionView<Map<String, Set<String>>> childParentPairMap;
 
   public DuplicateAsFlatMap(final PCollectionView<Map<String, Set<String>>> childParentPairMap) {
@@ -28,7 +32,6 @@ public class DuplicateAsFlatMap
     this.childParentPairMap = childParentPairMap;
   }
 
-
   /**
    * Generate a KV-pair for every child-parent match.
    */
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ public class DuplicateAsFlatMap
   public void processElement(
       @Element final KV<String, ActivePowerRecord> kv,
       final OutputReceiver<KV<SensorParentKey, ActivePowerRecord>> out,
-      @StateId("parents") final ValueState<Set<String>> state,
+      @StateId(STATE_STORE_NAME) final ValueState<Set<String>> state,
       final ProcessContext c) {
 
     final ActivePowerRecord record = kv.getValue() == null ? null : kv.getValue();
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/application/UpdateChildParentPairs.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/application/UpdateChildParentPairs.java
index 8692be5ae6637ebda86f10d66b43c6071264e099..4a689d3b801edf539a7a9890759c97550865ff26 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/application/UpdateChildParentPairs.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/application/UpdateChildParentPairs.java
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.KV;
  */
 public class UpdateChildParentPairs extends DoFn<KV<String, Set<String>>, KV<String, Set<String>>> {
 
+  private static final String STATE_STORE_NAME = "UpdateParents";
+
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-  @StateId("parents")
-  private final StateSpec<ValueState<Set<String>>> parents = // NOPMD
-      StateSpecs.value();
+  @StateId(STATE_STORE_NAME)
+  private final StateSpec<ValueState<Set<String>>> parents = StateSpecs.value();
 
   /**
    * Match the changes accordingly.
@@ -24,9 +25,10 @@ public class UpdateChildParentPairs extends DoFn<KV<String, Set<String>>, KV<Str
    * @param kv the sensor parents set that contains the changes.
    */
   @ProcessElement
-  public void processElement(@Element final KV<String, Set<String>> kv,
+  public void processElement(
+      @Element final KV<String, Set<String>> kv,
       final OutputReceiver<KV<String, Set<String>>> out,
-      @StateId("parents") final ValueState<Set<String>> state) {
+      @StateId(STATE_STORE_NAME) final ValueState<Set<String>> state) {
     if (kv.getValue() == null || !kv.getValue().equals(state.read())) {
       out.output(kv);
       state.write(kv.getValue());