In CMC Manage- Add- Crystal reports option is missing

Hi: I want to import a .rpt via CMC. I understand that I am supposed to navigate to a folder and Manage -> Add -> Crystal Report
In my case the only options are ProgramFile and LocalDocument.
Does someone know why? Is it because, CrystalReports designer is not installed?
...thanks, Stan

If you select "Local Document" and then select the .rpt file you want to publish, it will know that this is a Crystal Report and give you a couple of options for that. It will then be added to the system correctly.
-Dell

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