I am currently trying to upgrade JasperReports Server Community Edition from version 6.1.0 to version 7.5.0. Upgrade guide for JasperReports Server Community Edition version 7.5.0, mentions that, https://community.jaspersoft.com/documentation/tibco-jasperreports-server-community-project-upgrade-guide/v750/upgrading In section, "Upgrading from 6.3.x or Earlier", If you're running JasperReports Server version 6.3.x or earlier, your upgrade requires multiple steps. If you're running JasperReports Server 4.5 through 6.3.x: 1. Upgrade to the latest version of 6.4.x. 2. Upgrade from 6.4.x to version 7.5. From the above notes in the upgrade guide of version 7.5.0, If I need to upgrade my JasperReports Server Community Edition from version 6.1.0 to 7.5.0, It is a 2 step process, first upgrade 6.1.0 to 6.4.3 and then upgrade 6.4.3 to 7.5.0. But I tried to skip the 2 step approach and tried directly upgraded from 6.1.0 to 7.5.0 and the upgrade process went fine without any errors and the functionality also seems to work fine after the upgrade. My question to Jasper community, Is the two step process really required if I need to upgrade from 6.1.0 to 7.5.0? Will directly upgrading from 6.1.0 to 7.5.0 cause any issues/problems?