Easy way for Crystal Reports to MS SQL Server Reporting Services conversion

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scoob picture scoob · Aug 19, 2008 · Viewed 52.2k times · Source

Is there a way to easily convert Crystal Reports reports to Reporting Services RDL format? We have quite a few reports that will be needing conversion soon.

I know about the manual process (which is basically rebuilding all your reports from scratch in SSRS), but my searches pointed to a few possibilities with automatic conversion "acceleration" with several consulting firms. (As described on .... - link broken).

Do any of you have any valid experiences or recomendations regarding this particular issue? Are there any tools around that I do not know about?

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Carlton Jenke picture Carlton Jenke · Aug 21, 2008

I have searched previously for this, with no luck. There does not seem to be any tools available for this conversion, the manual method thereby becomes the only method. And yes, there are consulting firms who will do the manual work for you, but they still do it manually.

Crystal Reports and Reporting Services have different architectural styles, making it a difficult task for a conversion tool, so I view it as unlikely that someone will build one anytime soon.

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