Message "Need Admin Approval" When Connecting to OneDrive

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Message "Need Admin Approval" When Connecting to OneDrive

Published: 30 May 2022
Last Modified Date: 08 Jun 2022

Issue

When connecting Tableau to OneDrive data, the following message may be displayed:

Need Admin Approval Application needs permission to access resources in your organization that only an admin can grant. Please ask an admin to grant permission to this app before you can use it.

Environment

Tableau Desktop
Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud web authoring

Resolution

Ask your Microsoft 365 admin to grant permission to Tableau.

To avoid having to ask an admin to grant permission to Tableau, ask your Microsoft 365 admin to turn on user consent. See Managing user consent to apps in Microsoft 365.

The following Microsoft document may also contain relevant information: Configure how users consent to applications.