Webi Report 4.0 migration to 4.1

Hello experts,
I have a question on migrating BOBJ webi reports from 4.0 to 4.1 environment.
We have SAP BW 7.0 and BOBJ 4.0 and now we are implementing SAP Hana that is BW 7.4 and BOBJ 4.1 version
we have about 70 webi reports built in 4.0 version based on BICS connection i.e BEx as a source and I like to migrate these webi reports into new 4.1 environment.
Our first step is to move 4.0 reports into 4.1 which will still be connected to BW7.0 legacy system as we are not done with Hana implementation and BW migration yet but like to proceed with front end first so users can start using 4.1 environment.
My concern is that if I move 4.0 reports to 4.1 which will be connected to BW7.0 for some time before we finally migrate BW 7.0 to 7.4, do I need to migrate the BICS connection already created in BOBJ4.0 to BW7.0, if Yes, will that BICS connection still work with 4.1 to 7.0.
Also later on down the road when we are done with migrating BW7.0 to 7.4, do we have to create a new BICS connection pointing to BEx queries in the new environment that is BOBJ4.1 to BW7.4.
Our Current Environment is BOBJ4.0----------->BW7.0
Our Temporary  Environment will be BOBJ 4.1------------> BW 7.0
Final Environment will be ----------------> BOBJ 4.1 to BW7.4
I like to know what are the best practices do I need to follow to achieve these tasks and how would my connection work or behave in these Environments if I use the same connection fro 4.1 to 7.4 environment.
Regards

Thanks for the reply Jonathan, My question was little specific to my scenario.
We have 4.0 webi reports built on BEx using BW 7.0 (BICS connection)
But now we are moving to BOBJ 4.1
therefore I want to migrate webi 4.0 to 4.1 environment including connection (BW 7.0)
I want to know if I need to migrate webi reports as well as BICS connection to 4.1 using Promotion management tool ? is there any other dependent object we should be considering to migrate.
In the future we are moving to BW 7.4 (Hana optimized)
therefore the reports I migrate from 4.0 to 4.1 will point to BEx queries in BW 7.4 environment (after we are done with BW 7.0 to 7.4 migration)
In this scenario, Do I need to create a new BICS connection pointing to new BW 7.4 environment for all my migrated webi reports which will be in 4.1 and now will be pointing to BEx queries in 7.4 OR can I keep on using the old BICS connection for the new environment.
Plz see the diagram if that helps to understand. Thanks

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