Accessibility Features in SAS Information Delivery Portal 4.2

About the Accessibility Features

SAS Information Delivery Portal 4.2 includes the following accessibility and compatibility features that improve usability of the product for users with disabilities. These features are related to accessibility standards for electronic information technology that were adopted by the U.S. Government under Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
If you have questions or concerns about the accessibility of SAS products, send e-mail to accessibility@sas.com.

Browser Accessibility Features

For information about the accessibility features of the browser used to access the portal, use the browser Help function to locate the topics about “accessibility.” To find out which browsers are supported for SAS Information Delivery Portal 4.2, visit the SAS third-party support Web page at:
support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport

Standard Keyboard Navigation

SAS Information Delivery Portal 4.2 can be navigated by using the keyboard. The following table includes some guidelines:
Standard Keyboard Navigation Controls
Task
Keyboard Control
Move forward through controls
TAB
Move backward through controls
SHIFT+TAB
Display the contents of drop-down lists
ALT+DOWN ARROW
Scroll through the contents of drop-down lists
DOWN ARROW and UP ARROW
Activate buttons, icons, links, menu selections, and list items when they have focus
ENTER
Select check boxes when they have focus
SPACEBAR
Select a different radio button when a radio button has focus
DOWN ARROW, UP ARROW, RIGHT ARROW, and LEFT ARROW

Exceptions to Standard Keyboard Navigation

Known Issue with the Action Menu

SAS Information Delivery Portal 4.2 contains the following known issue with regard to the navigation of drop-down menus. This issue applies to the action menu action menu that appears on the search results page.
Issue
When you first open the drop-down action menu, you cannot use the keyboard to navigate through the menu items.
Workaround
After you open the drop-down menu, press TAB (or SHIFT+TAB) to navigate through other controls on the page. When focus returns to the drop-down menu, you can navigate through the menu items by pressing TAB. To select the menu item that is highlighted, press ENTER.

Navigating the Available Items List When Viewing Information Maps for OLAP Data

When you view an information map for OLAP data, press CTRL+UP ARROW or CTRL+DOWN ARROW to navigate through the Available Items list on the Query panel.

Other Known Accessibility Issues

SAS Information Delivery Portal 4.2 contains the following additional known accessibility issues:
  • You must navigate through repetitive navigation links to reach the main content on a page. There is currently no method for skipping these links. For example, on the search results page, you must navigate through multiple links to go from the search arguments to the list of search results.
  • The Struts technology on which the software was built currently provides no means to label form elements in Web interfaces. Therefore, some controls are not announced by a screen reader.
Plans are in place to correct these issues in an upcoming release.