2659503 - "SAPSQL_IN_ITAB_ILLEGAL_SIGN" shortdump occurs for program /SSA/EKG

Within a managed/monitored system for which monitoring is configured via SAP Solution Manager 7.1 or 7.2, a shortdump occurs with the following details:

Category                           ABAP Programming Error
Runtime Errors                 SAPSQL_IN_ITAB_ILLEGAL_SIGN
ABAP Program                 /SSA/EKG
Application Component    SV-SMG-MON-BPM

Short Text
     Invalid value in SIGN field of value table for IN itab operator.
     operator.

What happened?
     Error in the ABAP Application Program

     The current ABAP program "/SSA/EKG" had to be terminated because it has
     come across a statement that unfortunately cannot be executed.

Error analysis
    The current ABAP/4 program attempted to execute an ABAP/4 Open SQL
    statement in which the WHERE condition contains an IN itab operator.

    The IN itab operator is used with internal tables which
    have the following structure:

       SIGN(1)   OPTION(2)   LOW LIKE db_field   HIGH LIKE db_field

    In the SIGN column, use only one of the values "I" or "E".
    The value " " is not allowed here.

Information on where terminated
    The termination occurred in ABAP program "/SSA/EKG", in "SELECT_CANC_NFE". The
     main program
    was "SAPMSSY1".

    In the source code, the termination point is in line 11476 of (Include)
    program "/SSA/EKG".

• SAP Solution Manager 7.1
• SAP Solution Manager 7.2
• SAP ERP 6.0
• SAP EHP2 for Netweaver 7.0

SOLMAN, BPMON, BPM, BPIMP,  Response Time for NF-e Requests, /SSA/EKG, SAPSQL_IN_ITAB_ILLEGAL_SIGN, SELECT_CANC_NFE, LINE 11476,  SELECT GUID FROM /XNFE/EVENT_HIST, ST13, TBI_REPORTS , KBA , SV-SMG-MON-BPM-MON , Monitoring , SV-SMG-MON-BPM , Business Process Operations , Problem