OBPM4 file path to FTP server

Hi Friends,
I have a requirement.
For the payment in F110, the output file should be moved to the FTP server.
For that, i need to provide the FTP path to the OBPM4 tcode.
My doubt is if we try to connect to FTP server, we need to provide the login detail right. If that is the case, how can i procced with this scenario.
Thanks & Regards,
Prabu

Hi Santhosh,
Thanks for your reply. I know that we can provide the path in the place of file name. That is inside SAP. so, we can proceed with that.
For me, i need to move it to FTP server.
I know that once we move it to Application server, we can trigger one z program which will pick up the file from Applicaiton server and place it in FTP server.
But my question is, do we really required this z program to move the file?.
Thanks & Regards,
Prabu

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