Crystal RAS SDK - Change universe connection details

We currently have a large number of Crystal Reports that have universes as there data sources. I have been trying via the RAS SDK to change the database connection without success.
I can access the table definition and return the relevant propertybags but as soon as I alter these the report it is corrupted - I can correct the corruption by using the Set Data Source option. I need to be able to point the report to the same universe but in a different folder currently the only method we have is to recreate the query against the universe.
We are using Business Objects XIR2 SP4 and Crystal Reports XIR2
Does anybody know if this is possible or have any code snippets to share.

A Crystal Report references Universes by either the Universe SI_CUID or SI_SHORTNAME value, so should not depend on the folder location of the Universe.
As you've seen, trying to modify Universe info in a Crystal Report using RAS will break it.
When you create a Crystal Report against an Universe, the Crystal Report Designer connects to the Web Intelligence Report Server to back the Query Panel. After the query is created, the SQL statement is retrieved from the Web Intelligence Report Server and defined as a SQL Command in the Crystal Report itself.
The RAS, by itself, does not have functionality to connect to the Web Intelligence Report Server - if you try and manually change the connection info using RAS, the most likely outcome is report that just won't run.
Sincerely,
Ted Ueda

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