2580876 - FTP error login has no write permission - Report Center / Schedule Job Provisioning / Report Distributor

• FTP Test Connection in Report Center is showing the error "login has no write permission"
• The same issue happens in Provisioning to schedule a new job
• Report Distributor may not work as well using the same FTP

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SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite

1. Go to Report Center
2. Select a report
3. Click on Actions > New Schedule
4. Set the destination as FTP
5. Put your FTP credentials
6. Click on Test connection
7. See the error
   
   

• Scenario 1: The SAP SuccessFactors outgoing Public IP address is blocked by your environment
• Scenario 2: The login user does not have permission to the FTP root folder

• Scenario 1: You need to allowlist the SAP SuccessFactors outgoing Public IP address to allow the connection into your environment. 

1. For Report Center follow 2721217 - How to enable FTP schedule on Report Center
   
2. For Report Distributor follow: 2283199 - How to perform the initial Setup of the SFTP on Report distributor? - Canvas Reports

• Scenario 2: The login user does not have permission to the FTP root folder. User should have both "Read" and "Write" permission to the root folder or to the destination folder.

1. You can configure the FTP path to "/incoming"
2. Click on Test File Put Permission
   
   
3. It will be successful
4. The Test Connection button may still not work. However, when you run the scheduled job it will work.

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