Conversion Notes:
If the
special Abra Data Dictionary is installed in the RL folder for R&R, then
MOST existing reports will work without modification of the underscore
fields. If the report was originally created and saved as a .rrw file
(rather than starting in an .rp5 library), R&R will automatically
replace the saved underscore field formulas with the new ones.
If the
special Abra Data Dictionary is not installed, you will
get stars because the old underscore fields will not work.
If the
special Abra Data Dictionary is installed but you still get stars, R&R
did NOT automatically replace the old underscore field formulas with the
new ones for one of the following reasons:
1) The
Abra Data Dictionary is not installed correctly.
2) The
User ID used to access Report Designer does not have dictionary entries
in place. Default user ID is ADMIN. If another user is created, you have
to copy ADMIN's Abra Data Dictionary entries to that user with the
utility.
3) The
report in question originated in an .rp5 library and R&R does not
automatically translate from old formulas to new. Therefore, you have to
follow the instructions and apply the worksheet you are working on. This
includes removing the offending items and/or putting in placeholders,
purging unused calcs, saving the report, then re-opening the report and
using the new formulas in place of the old wherever that applies.
Certain
underscore fields will continue to work without modification, including
_NAME1, the most commonly used underscore formula.
R&R V10
will not open Abra R&R .rp5 files, and neither did prior versions.
Individual reports must first be saved to a .rrw file prior to
transition. If the person no longer has Abra R&R, they can send the .rp5
file to us and we'll burst it, or at least the reports they know they
need. Then those reports may need a brief conversion.
Typical
updating of a report is almost always 15 minutes or less. Some can be
modified in just a couple of minutes.
Once a
report is converted to R&R v10, the user should not attempt to use it
again in Abra R&R v9. This can and will cause problems, but even those
can be quickly fixed.
Record
level security in Abra R&R is gone. This was rarely an issue.
Field level
security can be applied by the user in R&R v10 using the Data
Dictionary, but requires significant effort and the ADMIN access must be
greatly restricted.
Performance
should generally improve over Abra R&R v9 since that required a detour
through internal security.
In some
cases, new underscore fields adversely impact performance. If so, one
can define a calc field that works faster, provided the code table is
defined at the "Employer" level rather than the enterprise level.
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