Changing Datasource and New Aliases in CRystal Reports 11

I am in the process of converting from Crystal 7 to Crystal 11. In existing reports that have been saved in 11, I need to point to new tables. After pointing to a new table I get error messages saying that it does not know the fields used in the report and prompts me to change all the aliases in all the formulas and fields used on the report. I checked the documentation and it looks like I have to do this manually. In older versions, you could change the alias and it would go through and make all the changes in the formulas and fields.Could it be possible that a new version has removed a great feature?? Not only did I have to manually change the aliases - but doing so removed all the field names from the report - very annoying!! I have several reports where new tables are being used and will have to be changed and this task could be a disaster. Has anyone encountered this or know of a way around it?? Thanks,Anne

It took me a while, but I figured it out. Click on Database - Database Expert. The directions for changing the alias should be displayed (click the table name on the right and press F2).

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