Disable Support for Trigger-based Scheduling

By default, trigger-based scheduling is enabled. An occurrence acts as a trigger, causing the report to run. You can disable this feature by modifying the system.xml file.

Steps

1. Stop the Cognos 8 service.

2. Open the c8_location/templates/ps/portal/system.xml file in an XML or text editor.

3. Locate the following XML code in the system element:

   <param name="enable-trigger-support"> 
     true
   </param>
   <param name="enable-trigger-tab"> 
     true
   </param>

4. Change the value of both trigger parameters from true to false.

   The XML code should appear as follows:

   <param name="enable-trigger-support">
     false
   </param>
   <param name="enable-trigger-tab"> 
     false
   </param>

5. Save the file.

6. Start the Cognos 8 service.

The By Trigger tab on the Schedule page no longer appears. Entries that are already scheduled for trigger-based scheduling continue to run, but no further trigger scheduling can occur while support is disabled.