can we avoid xml files to be generated / saved when we save reports to local sys

[siris_y]

I'm saving some reports to a directory on the server.

in the PDF and excel formats. But along with those files we have xml files also generated.

could we avoid these xml files to be saved to same location as the reports saved?

[armend.shabani]

Hi
You can't tell Cognos to not save XML files.
Cognos saves an _dexc.xml file for each report, and this is a DESCRIPTOR for the report (you can find different information there).
Example, i use xml descriptor to find the report name (as it is like 12343345345345345.mht and 12343345345345345_desc.xml, and with the help of XML file i find the real report name - Sales for the Month)