Using the Old Report Builder

The new report builder is flashy and has increased functionality, but there are times when using the old one is just quicker for some functions.

When the new report builder showed up you had the option to use either method to build or edit a report. Then one day my ability to use the old one just went away. Here's what happened:

There is a new permission on profiles called 'Report Builder' (under General User Permissions). When this is checked, you can only access the new report builder. To access the old one, you have to uncheck it. Here's the trick: System Administrators automatically have all permissions checked and you can't change that. So if you need access to the old way of doing things, you won't be able to do it with a user who is an admin.

Support suggested cloning the admin profile and then unchecking the option, but I have not performed that exercise.