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3442230 - WDA: 500 Internal Server Error - Dereferencing of the NULL reference dump appears when starting a WDA report (SAP_BW, DW4CORE)

Symptom

When opening a Web Dynpro report (e.g. in Fiori) the below error message displayed in the browser:

500 Internal Server Error 
Dereferencing of the NULL reference

In ST22 there is a related dump as well with similar header like the below example:
Category               ABAP programming error
Runtime Errors         OBJECTS_OBJREF_NOT_ASSIGNED
Except.                CX_SY_REF_IS_INITIAL
ABAP Program           CL_FPM_BICS_GRID_UIBB_RENDER==CP
Application Component  BW-RUI-FPM
Date and Time          dd/mm/YYYY HH:mm:ss (TIMEZONE)


Short Text
 Access using a 'ZERO' object reference is not possible.


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Environment

At the time of writing this KBA, the affected components are:

  • SAP_BW 756 - 794
  • DW4CORE 300 - 400

For more up-to-date information refer to the SAP Note 3408743

  • Web Dynpro ABAP
  • SAP S/4HANA
  • SAP BW/4HANA
  • ABAP PLATFORM

Product

ABAP platform all versions ; SAP BW/4HANA all versions ; SAP S/4HANA all versions

Keywords

Web Dynpro, Webdynpro, Web Dynpro ABAP, WDA, WDA_GDPR, ABAP programming error, OBJECTS_OBJREF_NOT_ASSIGNED, CX_SY_REF_IS_INITIAL, CL_FPM_BICS_GRID_UIBB_RENDER==CP, 500 Internal Server Error, Dereferencing of the NULL reference, DETERMINE_SEGMENT_WIDTH, dump, Access using a 'ZERO' object reference is not possible , KBA , BW-RUI-FPM , FPM Analytical GUIBB , Problem

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