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3036525 - Are the Support Packs for Crystal Reports cumulative?

Symptom

  • Are the Support Pack cumulative?
  • To install a specific Support Pack, is it required to install the previous Support Pack?
  • Is it possible to install the latest Support Pack of Crystal Reports directly, without installing any prior Support Packs?
  • To install the latest Support Pack of Crystal Reports, do we need to install each Support Pack, one after each other? ( Support Pack 03, Support Pack 04, Support Pack 05,... )

Environment

  • SAP Crystal Reports 2016
  • SAP Crystal Reports 2020   

Resolution

  • Support Packs for Crystal Reports are cumulative.
  • The latest Support Pack contains all the code corrections included in all the previous Support Packs.
        
    For example: If you are using Crystal Reports 2016 with Support Pack 02, and want to apply Support Pack 08, you only need to download and install Support Pack 08.

Keywords

CR , KBA , BI-RA-CR , Crystal Reports designer or Business View Manager , How To

Product

SAP Crystal Reports 2016 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2020