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Data source IP change for Multiple Crystal Reports

Oct 31, 2017 at 07:27 AM | 39 Views

I have about 500 Crystal reports where I need to change IP of the data source.

Then I need to change the recurring instances to use also the new IP.

Is there any easy way to do the Mass update or only SDK?

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    Denis Konovalov
    Oct 31, 2017 at 11:53 AM

    There is no easy way to do this, except manually or via SDK.

    However, why would you ever use IP for the data source or ever ?
    Why not use DNS or even hosts file , so you have easy control over FQDN and machine names and their IP's and never run inito a situation like that ?

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    • Dell Stinnett-Christy Former Member
      Nov 07, 2017 at 08:46 PM

      If you use the SDK to do this, you could potentially set up a Hosts file on the BOBJ servers with an entry for the new IP and then set the reports to use that name instead of the IP. This way, if it changes again all you have to do is update the Hosts file.

      Also, converting to CRE is not always simple task and, while CRE is getting better, there are some things that "classic" Crystal can do that CRE can't.

      -Dell