Migration of Crystals Reports into OBIEE

Hi,
I have to migrate Crystal Reports into OBIEE without using any third party tool.
How could it be done..any one can help me please...???

Just follow the instructions bellow:-
Reports generated automatically in the 7.5 Excel client that use the EVDRE function with a standard use of built-in parameters can be converted using the EPM add-in to a native 10.0 report.
EVDRE migration has been developed in order to migrate as many features and use cases as possible, but reports that have been heavily customized may not be totally converted automatically and may require some manual modifications. Nevertheless, the objective of the migration is to provide usable reports at the end of the migration. The exact conditions include:
o Multiple EVDRE reports in a complex arrangement or sharing some KeyRanges
o Formulas to calculate parameters
o Use of cell reference indirections to determine EVDRE parameters.
o Use of VBA to call the internal object model of the 7.5 Excel client.
o EVDRE inserted in another EVDRE.

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/people/ludek.uher/blog/2008/10/20/report-designer-component--past-present-future
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