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Crystal Enterprise 9 to Business Objects XI

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bessebo

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Jan 19, 2001
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I am interested in anyone out there who has gone from Crystal Enterprise 9 to Business Objects XI. Can we perform a same server upgrade to BO XI from the existing CE 9 server? Also, I am currently developing reports in Crystal Reports 9. I assume that I will have to move up to Crystal Reports 10? What about the learning curve for the end users? Is it seamless or will we have to provide training prior to the cutover? I also assume that the import function works well when it comes to importing objects from CE9 to BO XI? About how long should I devote to this project from receipt of the software to production?
Any help from experienced users would be appreciated.
 
Hi,

I'll answer what I can.

1) Yes, you can perfrom the upgrade on the same server (going from v9 to BO XI)
2) You will not need to convert your reports from v9 to 10, or to XI. XI will run version 9 reports
3) As far as training. I suppose that depends on how you will use XI. There are a lot of new options available.
4) The import options works fine. When I do an upgrade, I devote at least 6 hours. This accounts for the upgrade and testing.

Hope this helps.

Brian
 
Thank you Brian. This info is helpful. From what I understand I can edit a recurring report with XI?
 
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