Follow the steps below to save scheduled reports to a local or network file system.

Steps:
1.  In Cognos Connection, click the 'Server Administration' link.
2.  In the Server Administration page, under 'Type', click the 'Services' radio button and then choose Content Manager in the drop-down menu. The Content Manager service appears below the drop-down menu.
3.  Under the 'Actions' column, click the 'set properties' button.
4.  Click the 'Settings' tab.
5.  Under the 'Value' column, click 'Edit'.
6.  In the Set advanced settings - ContentManagerService page, select the 'Override the settings acquired from the parent entry' check box. A table appears, in which you can add parameters.
7.  Under Parameter, click in a cell and type CM.OUTPUTLOCATION
8.  In the corresponding Value cell, type the file system location where you want to store report outputs.  Note:  for the network file system, use a UNC Path, eg: \\hostname\share_folders, instead of a mapped drive name.
    The full file names of the output file and descriptor are passed to the script.  For example, D:\cognos8\4386_1974102345000.pdf
    D:\cognos8\4386_1974102345000_desc.xml.
9.  Click OK.

In Cognos Configuration Manager, on all computers where you installed the Content Manager component:

   1.  Start Cognos Configuration.
   2.  In the Explorer window, under 'Data Access', click 'Content Manager'.
   3.  In the 'Save report outputs to a file system' box, click True or False. (by default this is 'false')
   4.  From the 'File' menu, click 'Save'.
   5.  Restart the Cognos 8 service.

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