Audit Crystal Reports

Hi,
I have downloaded the audit crystal reports and I believe I can directly use it. For some reasons the crystal reports is throwing error.
How can I view the sql for these audit reports and when I try to change the database in audit it is not working
Crystal reports-> crystal reports 2013
database for audit -> sql server 2012
Thanks
Bala

Hi Dell,
The version we are using is sap bi 4.1 sp5. I could see all audit reports were created in 2011 which is 4.0 version, Hope these reports work perfectly for 4.1
Also can you let me know how to view generated SQL for these reports.
And when I tried to change the database connection. Following error is appearing in report

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