I'm trying redirect for a file download using btn.attr('href',generatedLink); using trigger('click') event but the event isn't firing. Here's my code:

 $('#downloadLossReport').on('click', function(e){
        var startDate = lossDate.toLocaleString();
        var endDate = lossDateTwo.toLocaleString();
        var type = $('.lossReportsType').filter('.selected').data('type');
        var status = $('.lossReportsStatus').filter('.selected').data('status');
        console.log("type: " + type);
        console.log("status: " + status);
        console.log("start date " + startDate);
        console.log("start date " + endDate);
        
        console.log("status: " + status);
        var btn = $('.downloadLossReport').children("a");
        var generatedLink = "lossReport/" + startDate + '/' + endDate + '/' + type + '/' + status;
        //e.stopPropagation();
        btn.attr('href', generatedLink);
        console.log(generatedLink);
        btn.trigger('click');
        //$('a')[0].click();
        console.log(btn);
    });