HP Intelligent Management Center Standard Software Platform - Manual (Page 763)

Accessibility and Business Objects products
Business Objects products allow you to design accessible reports and deliver
them to your users via the Web. By observing accessibility guidelines, you
can use Crystal Reports to create reports that are accessible to users with
disabilities. You can then publish these reports to BusinessObjects Enterprise,
where people with disabilities can view them on the Web using the
BusinessObjects Enterprise web desktop and the DHTML viewers.
The reports in this section were created in Crystal Reports and tested using
screen readers (including JAWS 4.5).
However, Crystal Reports does not currently provide complete accessibility
for report designers with disabilities.
The BusinessObjects Enterprise management components, including the
BusinessObjects Enterprise Central Management Console (CMC) and the
Central Configuration Manager (CCM), do not currently provide access for
people with disabilities. The ActiveX and Java viewers are also not accessible.
In the BusinessObjects Enterprise web desktop, the main user interface for
working with reports through BusinessObjects Enterprise, the ability to log
on and view reports is accessible for most users. However, other areas, such
as new account sign up and scheduling, may not be accessible.
Note:
Although you can use many of the same design guidelines to improve the
accessibility of OLAP Intelligence Professional reports, Worksheets are
difficult to format for accessibility. Crystal Reports is the recommended option
for delivering reports to people with disabilities.
Improving report accessibility
To begin improving the accessibility of your Crystal reports, start with
accessibility guidelines that are quick and easy to implement. A small change
in your design conventions or company template may have a significant
impact on accessibility.
Simple navigation and clearly-written content are critical for accessibility, but
they are easy to implement and useful for all report users.
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