Error when trying to login to Excel Online from Power Automate

John, Stefan (DI SW PLM DM BE&SE SE&CS EMEA) 0 Reputation points
2024-05-29T13:30:04.0333333+00:00

When trying to login to Excel Online from Power Automate, I receive this error: Failed to create OAuth connection: ClientWarning: The browser has blocked the connection authentication popup window.

EXCEL table is saved to OneDrive for Business. I can access the tabel from desktop application as well from web.

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  1. Rakesh Gurram 5,070 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-05-31T02:41:58.4333333+00:00

    Hi John, Stefan (DI SW PLM DM BE&SE SE&CS EMEA),

    Thanks for reaching out to us on the Microsoft Q&A forum.

    From your question we understand that you are trying to complete the exercise from Exercise - Create recurring flows.

    We apologize for the inconvenience you are facing while trying to log in to Excel Online from Power Automate. and you are getting an Auth error: as shown in below screenshot:

    Screenshot 2024-05-31 080006

    To get passed through this error you need to allow the pop-up messages as shown in below screenshot:

    User's image

    After accessing all the permissions, you will be able to sign in through it as shown:

    Screenshot 2024-05-31 080312

    After you sign in through it, kindly follow the steps given in the exercise.

    Please don't hesitate to reach out to us if you have any other queries.

    If you found the information helpful, we would greatly appreciate it if you could acknowledge it by selecting the Accept Answer & Upvote options.