Database connection change in crystal reports 9

Post Author: thanksforhelp
CA Forum: Data Connectivity and SQL
Hi,
The report have to modified so I moved from prod to dev and changed the Database connection in set database location. they have the same table name and structure, but different database name, on the verify sql, I still see the prod database name and data is pulled from prod and not dev.
Please help in fixing the issue.
thanks in advance.

Hi,
Yes, I am using the MDX driver.
Is there any pre-requisites of importing certain ABAP transports into SAP Server since I haven't done any? Please recommend.
Thanks,
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