Crystal Report Upgrade and Migration from 9.0 to 2008

We in process of migrating Crystal Reports of version 9.0 and XI Business Objects XI 3.1 Enterprise, Need some advice on following

1, When you import (migrate) reports from CR 9.0 to BO XI 3.1 are they automatically upgraded to CR 2008?
Or
We have to Open each report in CR 2008 designer, execute it and then save in order to upgrade?

2, Is it a good practice to upgrade from CR 9.0 directly to CR 2008 (CR XI à CR2008)?
OR
CR 9.0 report to CR XI and then to CR 2008 (CR 9.0 -à CR XI à CR2008)


SeanBob :us: (BOB member since 2004-05-03)

I’ve never upgraded from 9.0 to 2008, but I’d suggest that you open each report and ensure that it works before publishing it. As I understand it, the import tool won’t make sure that there are no depreciated functions or syntax in your old reports but rather just moves them to the new environment.

As far as changes go, a lot has changed in Crystal in between those versions, but I wouldn’t worry about upgrading to XI before moving to 2008, just go straight to 2008 and deal with whatever comes up. Good luck though, sounds like you have a pretty big project in front of you!


edurda :us: (BOB member since 2005-09-08)