How to Convert Crystal Enterprise v10.0 Business Views to BOE XI?

Hi,
It took a long time, but my company FINALLY upgraded from Crystal Enterpise and Crystal Reports v10.0. We just purchased BusinessObjects Edge XI and Crystal Reports 2011. I went to the training class a few months ago, but due to the delay in our actually getting the applications, I feel as though I've forgotten most of what I was taught!
With the old version, we built all our reports off Business Views (using Business View Manager - which was an add-on component of Crystal Enterprise) that are sourced from an Oracle database. I have over 420 report files that are built against these business views.
I have tried to open a report in Crystal Reports 2011, and I'm prompted to log in to BusinessObjects Enterprise to load the business view. When I enter the credentials for the NEW system that I just installed (a brand new install on a new server), I get an error "Access Denied: You cannot log into an older version of the CMS." So obviously the stored business views that are trying to load have the old system information associated with them. Understandable.
I cannot find Business View Manager in the new BOE XI. Is it an add-on? Where can I get it? Can I even convert my old business views? If not, am I going to have to rebuild all my data sources?
I don't know what a "Universe" is - and I've never used them - but is that similar to a Business View?
The problem I get is that if I try to associate a new data source (I tried direct Oracle connection), all the fields in my report disappear when the old (unloadable) business view is removed. Essentially this would require me to rebuild all my reports!
I'm not sure what to do here. I have 420+ reports to convert so we can load them on this new server, and I have only about 2 weeks to do it. If I have to rebuild them all, there is no way I can complete this in time for our cutover.
ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!! (I'm new to this "forum" thing, too - so if I'm not doing this right or if there is some other place I should be putting this, please let me know)
Thanks,
Amber Smith

Hi Amber,
Thank you for the reply.
Well if you can logon to Business Objects Server then you can see the Business View Manager from Start menu-> All Programs-> Business Objects Enterprise XI 3.1-> Business View Manager
or else you can look for business view manager executable file in c:\program files\business objects\business objects enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\CrystalBVM.exe
When you open Crystal reports, there is an option to change the datasource of an existing report to any other datasource. The only condition that should be met is that the structure of new datasource should be similar to the existing one.
I have not changed the business view datasource to universe, but i will try it and let you know.
Thanks,
Kuldeep G

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