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I have a SQL Server database repository. There are a lot of Jobs and Transformations on it.

If I use PDI 4.4.0 , I can connect and to work on it, normally. I can create or edit any transformation or job, no problem.

But, when I tried to use PDI 7.1 or 8 I couldn't connect to this repository.

At the application, I can create the database connection with no problem. The connection with the SQL Server database works fine:

Database connection on PDI 7 or 8

After that, when I try to configure the repository connection (Repository Manager > Database Repository) in the application works fine , with no error:

Repository Configuration on PDI 7 or 8

But at the spoon console , appears this message:

ERROR (version 8.0.0.0-28, build 8.0.0.0-28 from 2017-11-05 07.27.50 by buildguy) :

This database type does not support being a repository

So, finally when I try to connect to the repository, I get this message:

Repository Connection on PDI 7 or 8

It's strange, because I can use the same repository on PDI 4.

Is there any step that I'm missing to migrate PDI 4 to newer version?

I'm using:

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