Pointing a Crystal Report at a Different Universe

We have a Crystal Report which sources its data from a universe. Is there a way (using the SDK) to point the
Crystal Report at a different but functionally equivalent universe? My current strategy is to get the table objects
in the top level report and subreports, and replace their ConnectionInfo objects. This seems to work fine, but
when I save the report out to Enterprise I'm not seeing my changes reflected in the resulting report. Is there a
better way to go about this?
Thanks in advance!
-m
            foreach (ISCRTable t in reportClientDocument.Database.Tables)
                t.ConnectionInfo = newConnectionInfo;
            // replace the connections in the subreports
            foreach (string subreportName in reportClientDocument.SubreportController.GetSubreportNames())
                SubreportClientDocument scd = reportClientDocument.SubreportController.GetSubreport(subreportName);
                foreach (ISCRTable st in scd.DatabaseController.Database.Tables)
                    Console.WriteLine("Subreport Table Name: " + st.Name);
                    st.ConnectionInfo = newConnectionInfo;
            Object folderId = (Object)1234;
            reportClientDocument.SaveAs(
                "TEST",
                ref folderId,
                (int)CdReportClientDocumentSaveAsOptionsEnum.cdReportClientDocumentSaveAsOverwriteExisting

No way currently using the SDK.
You need to go through the Crystal Reports Designer, that has the internal magic.
Sincerely,
Ted Ueda

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My question is related to [KBase Article ID:344488|http://technicalsupport.businessobjects.com/KanisaSupportSite/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=344488&sliceId=&dialogID=24618166&stateId=1%200%2024614949]
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