2313818 - "A database error has occured" error appears when refreshing a Web Intelligence report based on an OLAP universe

• Error message appears when refreshing an existing Web Intelligence report, or when creating a new one based on an OLAP universe.
  "The following database error occurred: A database error has occured. For information about this error, please refer to SAP Knowledge Base Article 2054721 on the SAP Support Portal. (IES 10901)(Error: INF )"

• Issue occurs since updating the BW version from 7.30 to 7.40
• During the investigation we could narrow down the issue that it's related to a specific hierarchy object.
• The following error message appears when creating a new WebI report using a BICS connection and adding the problematic hierarchy object:
  "BW System <SID> returned state 'DATA_ACCESS_PROBLEMS'. Message = Error while retrieving data: JCO_ERROR_SYSTEM_FAILURE: Inconsistency in the dictionary for the structure /BI0/OTHIER_NODE. (WIS 00000)"
  
  

• The following short dump occurs when running the same BEx query in transaction RSRT: DDIC_TYPE_INCONSISTENCY
• When checking the DDIC object in transaction SE11 using Utilities -> Runtime Object -> Recursive Check we can observe the following inconsistency:

"Image/data in this KBA is from SAP internal systems, sample data, or demo systems. Any resemblance to real data is purely coincidental."

• SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform 4.0
• SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform 4.1
• SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform 4.2
• SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform 4.3
• SAP BW 7.40
• Web Intelligence
• OLAP universe

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