Thanks for the response! The support team pointed me to section 8.8.1 of the admin guide and I was able to solve my problem by changing the following properties: In .../WEB-INF/applicationContext-semanticLayer.xmlskipDomainDatabaseValidation -> true In .../WEB-INF/applicationContext.xmldefaultDomainDependentsBlockAndUpdate -> false Then I went into the domain designer, saved it after making no changes. It popped up a warning saying I was modifying objects used in ad hocs/reports, but it let me continue anyway. Then I checked the ad hocs and they all still worked fine. Went back into domain designer and don't have the error anymore.