Symptom
How to manually migrate Crystal Reports from Crystal Enterprise 8 to Crystal Report Server XI with the help of the Crystal Report designer.
Reproducing the Issue
- Crystal Enterprise 8.0.
- Crystal Reports Developer XI.
- Crystal Reports Server XI.
Cause
If we try to migrate the reports using the Import Wizard, it does not show the selection for Crystal Enterprise XI.
Resolution
- Open the Crystal Reports Developer XI.
- Click on "File >> Open >> Enterprise".
- Login using Enterprise credentials to the Crystal Enterprise 8 and open the Crystal Report which is to be migrated to the new environment.
- Refresh the report to verify the database logon credentials and verify all the features in the report are working.
- Click on File >> Save as and save the report to the Folder under Crystal Report Server XI.
- Login to Central Management Console (CMC) using the enterprise account.
- Navigate to the folder where the report is saved.
- Provide the Database logon credentials for the report.
- Changed the option at the bottom to "Use same database logon as when report is run".
- Click on update to save the changes.
- Click on "Properties" tab.
- Click on "Preview" button to open the report in Central Management Console (CMC).
Keywords
manually migrate Crystal Report from Crystal Enterprise 8 to Crystal Report Server XI, manual migration, shifting the report, copying report to new enterprise. , KBA , BI-BIP , Business intelligence platform , Problem
Product
SAP Crystal Server XI