update recurring crystal report

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I have about 80 recurring scheduled crystal reports based on one base crystal report. It is all working good, now the base report is modified mainly on fonts and line spacing and there are no parameter changes.
How can I update the base report without the need to recreate all 80 recurring schedules.
4.1 sp7
I appreciate your help.

patibob (BOB member since 2016-03-22)

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Any update to the base report should simply be reflected in future scheduled instances. If you update the report properly (i.e., don’t break the CUID), the schedules should remain in place.

Have you tested it?

Note that, obviously, old instances won’t change.

Lugh (BOB member since 2009-07-16)

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How can I update, there is no option in CMC.

patibob (BOB member since 2016-03-22)

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You will need the Crystal Reports client tool. Import the report from the Enterprise, make your changes, and save it back to the Enterprise.

Lugh (BOB member since 2009-07-16)

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In Crystal Reports client tool, after I Import the report from the Enterprise can I update enterprise version with the locally modified report.
Report was already modified in crystal reports locally with out importing from enterprise by some one else.

patibob (BOB member since 2016-03-22)

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Generally, you should be able to save the local version over the Enterprise version. Just use “Save as”, navigate to the existing report in Enterprise, and overwrite it.

However, this method does sometimes not work correctly. You could end up with a copy with a different CUID, which would not bring over all the schedule information. Unfortunately, I cannot tell you when or why it might do that. Just be warned that you should have a backup ready to go.

Lugh (BOB member since 2009-07-16)

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If it is scheduled report. The ‘original’ scheduled report will not be updated unless you re-schedule the report once the report has been updated on the server.

kevlray :us: (BOB member since 2010-06-23)

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Thanks Lugh, kevlray for your replies,
It is pain to recreate recurring schedules.
Is there any tool to create recurring schedules from xls file.

patibob (BOB member since 2016-03-22)

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In 4.1, as long as you do not make any changes to the parameters, the existing schedules should automatically pick up the changes. This was not true in earlier versions of BO. If you make parameter changes, then you’ll have to create new schedules (NOTE: in this case, the “Reschedule” option in BO will NOT work!)

-Dell

hilfy :us: (BOB member since 2007-04-16)