List of Values in Data foundation Layer Bi 4.0 Issues?

I have an issue surrounding list of values’ created in the data foundation layer created using SQL. 
The LOV can be associated with an object within the business layer. The business layer is then saved and closed, however on re-opening the association with the LOV is now displaying an error.
We are currently on patch 15 of sp2,  are you aware of any issues using LOV from the data foundation layer. 

This has now been fixed in sp4.

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