If a file supports features that are not available in previous versions of Crystal Ball 7.x or 11.x, those features will be ignored in the earlier version, but the file will still open and run using available features.
For example, if you try to load Crystal Ball 7.3.x or later results into an earlier version of Crystal Ball, an error message may explain that the Crystal Ball data contained in the selected result set cannot be loaded. One reason for this message is that a new chart type, scatter charts, was added in Crystal Ball 7.3. Or, the error message may be triggered by the betaPERT distribution, new in Crystal Ball 7.3. In these cases, it could be helpful to load the entire model, not just saved results. If you load a model containing scatter charts or the betaPERT distribution into an earlier version of Crystal Ball, the model runs and the new charts or distribution are ignored.