Actuate migration to Business Objects

Hey guys,
Is there any doc on migration from Actuate to BO.
All I could find is this [doc|www.businessobjects.com/pdf/services/consulting/actuate_migration.pdf] which is related to consulting, I believe.
Any doc with specific steps or an overview of the migration would also be helpful.
Please provide with any suggestions/insight.
Thanks,
Nikhil Nair

If we have to do this migraion (Actuate to BO) on our own, doesn't BO provide migration guides similar to the ones for BO 5.x to BO EXI R2 or 3.1 migration
I guess not all organizations can involve global services for doing these migrations. Please provide if there is any such migration guide officially provided by BusinessObjects
Thanks,
CK

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