Operation Manual

Creating Accessible Reports
Accessibility and BusinessObjects Enterprise
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• Ensure that headings provide enough information to clearly identify the
values that they label.
• To test a table’s accessibility, read its headings and values in a linear
fashion from left to right and from top to bottom. For example, if a report
displays last and first name fields for each customer, it may read better if
it displays first name followed by last name. Whenever possible, test the
report using assistive technologies such as screen reading software.
The final accessible report includes a summary of the data table.
To display the table summary conditionally, the report designer divided the
Page Header into two sections. The first page header is suppressed when the
?Access parameter field is set to
No. The second page header is suppressed
if the user chooses
Yes. For details, see “Accessibility and suppressing
sections” on page 549.
Accessibility and BusinessObjects Enterprise
Designing accessible reports is only part of the solution. You need to make
sure that you deliver reports through an accessible interface that follows the
same design guidelines.
Although the administrative components of BusinessObjects Enterprise and
the scheduling functionality in the BusinessObjects Enterprise web desktop
are not currently accessible to everyone, the BusinessObjects Enterprise web
desktop and the DHTML viewer allow for accessible access to reports over
the Web.
Several enhancements have been made to BusinessObjects Enterprise to
account for accessibility issues. Text descriptions are now provided in ALT
tags for the toolbar buttons and other images. Descriptions for text boxes are
clearer, and shortcut links are provided in the DHTML viewer so you can
navigate past the toolbar and group tree.