Accessibility Features of SAS Model Manager :: SAS(R) Model Manager 12.1: User's Guide

Overview

SAS Model Manager 12.1 has been tested with assistive technology tools. It includes accessibility and compatibility features that improve the usability of the product for users with disabilities, with exceptions noted below. 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 (2008 draft proposal initiative update). Applications are also tested against Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, part of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C). For detailed information about the accessibility of this product, send e-mail to accessibility@sas.com or call SAS Technical Support.

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User Interface Layout

SAS Model Manager Client

The SAS Model Manager user interface provides you with quick access to data, metadata, and summary information for your projects and models. The interface includes a menu bar, a toolbar, a category view button bar, and category views. The menu bar enables you to perform tasks on your models and projects. The toolbar provides shortcuts to tasks that you can perform on your models and projects. Many toolbar options are also available on pop-up menus. The list of active options on the menu bar or on the toolbar varies based on your category view and the component that is selected. Inactive options are dimmed. The category views provide information and metadata about projects, life cycles, and data sources.

For more information about the layout and features of the application window, see Layout of the SAS Model Manager Window.

SAS Model Manager Workflow Console

The SAS Model Manager Workflow Console provides a framework for working with SAS workflow. The application window contains three main sections:

The top of the window contains the application name and an application bar that includes a menu bar and a Log Off button.
The left side of the window contains a collapsible navigation pane. This pane can contain one or more views (depending on your assigned capabilities and roles) that you select using buttons at the bottom of the pane. The views contain either trees or lists of objects. You can open these objects (one at a time) into tabs in the work area next to the navigation pane.
The center of the window (the work area) contains tabs: personal tabs, open objects, system reports, and administrative tools. The work area can be split (either vertically or horizontally) into two groups of tabs.
The right side of the window can contain a pane for docking the Object Preview window, the Permissions Inspector window, and the How-To Topics window. This pane is not displayed until a window is docked.
The bottom of the window contains a status bar that displays information about your connection to the metadata server.

To customize the application window and its features, select File

Preferences. For more information about the layout and features of the application window, see Using Workflow Console.

Themes

An application’s theme is the collection of colors, graphics, and fonts that appear in the application. The following themes are provided with this application: SAS Corporate, SAS Blue Steel, SAS Light, and SAS Dark. To change the theme for the application, select File

Preferences and go to the Global Preferences page.

Keyboard Shortcuts

SAS Model Manager Client

The following table contains standard keyboard shortcuts for the application. Keyboard shortcuts are also documented in tooltips and menu labels.

Task	Keyboard Shortcut
Display a Help pop-up window	F1
Display the contents of a menu	ALT + first letter of the menu name (for example, press ALT+F to access the File menu).
Cancel an action in a pop-up window or wizard	ALT+C
Acknowledge a message or accept an action in a pop-up window.	ALT+O
View the next page of a wizard	ALT+N
Go back to the previous page of a wizard	ALT+B
Finish entering information in a wizard.	ALT+F

SAS Model Manager Workflow Console

The following table contains standard keyboard shortcuts for the Workflow Console application. Keyboard shortcuts are also documented in tooltips and menu labels.

Task	Keyboard Shortcut
Open a Help pop-up window from the button.	Ctrl+? Note: This shortcut does not work on some keyboards (for example, the Italian keyboard).
Zoom in.	Ctrl++
Zoom out.	Ctrl+-
Reset the zoom state.	Ctrl+0
Maximize view (collapses the category pane and the tile pane, and hides the status bar and the application bar, which includes the menu bar and the workspace bar). or Exit maximized view (expands the category pane and the tile pane, and shows the status bar and the application bar).	Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M
Open a pop-up menu.	Shift+F9 (if a menu is available in that context) Note: If you use Shift+F9 to display the pop-up menu, then it is always displayed in the top left corner of the user interface control that you are using.
Temporarily invert or revert application colors (for the current session only). Note: You can set the Invert application colors preference in the Preferences window if you want the color change to persist across sessions.	Ctrl+~
Rename the selected tab.	Make sure that focus is on the tab. Press F2 and specify the new name. To commit your changes, press Enter. To cancel your changes, press Esc.
Close the selected tab.	Make sure that focus is on the tab, and then press Delete. Note: Some tabs cannot be closed.
Switch in and out of Edit mode for a table cell.	To enter Edit mode, select a cell and press F2. To exit Edit mode, press Esc.
Navigate between table headings and table content.	For a two-dimensional table, first make sure that focus is on the table and that you are not in Edit mode. Press Ctrl+F8 to switch focus between column headings and table cells. Use the arrow keys to navigate from heading to heading. For a multidimensional table, first make sure that focus is on a table cell and that you are not in Edit mode. Press Ctrl+F8 to switch focus between column headings, row headings, and table cells. Use the arrow keys to navigate from heading to heading.
Navigate the content rows of a table	When table cells are in Edit mode: Press Tab and Shift+Tab to move from cell to cell horizontally across columns. Press Enter and Shift+Enter to move from cell to cell vertically across rows. When table cells are not in Edit mode, use the arrow keys to move from cell to cell.
Sort columns in a table.	To sort a single column, navigate to the column heading of the column that you want to sort. Press spacebar to sort the column. To sort additional columns, navigate to the column heading of each additional column that you want to sort. Press Ctrl+spacebar.
Decrease font size	Ctrl+-

Exceptions to Accessibility Standards

SAS Model Manager Client

All known exceptions to accessibility standards are documented in the following table.

Accessibility Issue	Workaround
You cannot use the keyboard to open context menus in the object details section. SHIFT + F10 does not open the context menus when focus is on the relevant field in the details section, such a property field.	Use MouseKeys to open the context menus. MouseKeys lets you control the mouse pointer by using the numeric keypad on your keyboard. In Windows XP, press the Left ALT, Left SHIFT, and NUM LOCK keys, to turn on MouseKeys. You can also use the Control Panel. Select Accessibility OptionsMouse tab and then select Use MouseKeys. For Windows 7, from the Control Panel select Ease of Access CenterMake the mouse easier to use, and then select Turn on Mouse Keys.
You cannot use the keyboard to expand or collapse the objects in the Project Tree.
The JAWS screen reading software utility cannot read most of the text in the SAS Model Manager main window and pop-up windows. For example, not all of the text in the Project Tree, icon toolbar, Properties pane, Resources pane, Annotations pane, and New Report Wizard is readable by the screen reader.
You can use the keyboard shortcut CTRL + Tab to move focus to another component in the main window. However, the toolbar icons and left navigation icons are not active, even though they might look active.
SAS Model Manager does not properly inherit the Windows high contrast and large text settings.
The ENTER key does not activate a default button, such as OK, Next, or Finish in a window after the required fields have been completed.
When JAWS is in use, some parts of SAS Model Manager have performance issues. For example, when you are navigating the Project Tree, JAWS pauses before reading the contents of the component that is currently in focus. If you move quickly through the list before JAWS reads each entry, JAWS reads only some but not all of the selections before reading the current selection. The performance issues seem to worsen with the number of levels that are expanded in the Project Tree, and there is a delay when expanding and collapsing objects when navigating.

SAS Model Manager Workflow Console

All known exceptions to accessibility standards for Workflow Console are documented in the following table.

Accessibility Issue	Workaround
The Windows high-contrast and large-text settings are not properly inherited.
JAWS cannot read some of the controls in the application, such as images, icons, and buttons.	No workaround.
JAWS cannot read the tooltips of items in trees and lists.	No workaround.
JAWS refers to table controls as list boxes.	When JAWS reports that a control is a list box, keep in mind that it might actually be a table.
The keyboard shortcuts that are used to interact with editable tables can conflict with keyboard shortcuts for JAWS’ forms mode.	As a best practice, disable the JAWS virtual PC cursor when you work with tables. Tab to the table and press Insert+Z to disable the JAWS virtual PC cursor. When you finish interacting with the table, press Insert+Z to re-enable the JAWS virtual PC cursor.
JAWS cannot read two-column property tables.	No workaround.
JAWS does not correctly read the information in a table: JAWS cannot read the column headings of a table. When table cells are not editable and focus is on the body of the table, JAWS reads an entire row at a time instead of cell by cell. When table cells are editable, and focus is on the body of the table, JAWS reads only the first row of the table. If you use the arrow keys to select a cell or row, then JAWS does not read anything. If you press Enter to edit a cell, then JAWS reads the row that contains the edited cell.	No workaround.
When you are in a table cell, if you press Home, End, Page Up, or Page Down, the selected cell will change to be one in the first column of the currently displayed columns for the table.	Use the arrow keys to navigate through the cells of the table.
You cannot use Shift+F10 to open a pop-up menu.	Use Shift+F9 to open pop-up menus that are created for the SAS application. The generic menu that is provided by the Flash player cannot be opened by Shift+F9.
You cannot use the keyboard to access the close (x) button that is in the top right corner of a tab.	Make sure that focus is on the tab, and then press Delete to close the tab.
Visual focus for the menu bar is indicated with an outline around the entire menu bar. To select individual menus, use the left or right arrow key.	No workaround.
Sometimes, after the focus leaves an area of the Web browser that is controlled by the Flash player, you will not be able to use the keyboard to return the focus to that area.	Use your pointer to bring the focus back into the area.
Sometimes, you cannot use F2 to put a table cell into Edit mode.	When you are in the cell that you want to edit, press Ctrl+F8 twice (for two-dimensional tables) and three times (for multidimensional tables).
You cannot use the Tab key to move the focus outside of a code or expression editor. Pressing Tab within the editor only inserts tabs.	For Internet Explorer, press Shift+F10 and then press Esc to move the focus outside of the editor. For Firefox, press Alt+Tab to switch to another application. When you switch back, the focus will be outside of the editor.

If you have questions or concerns about the accessibility of SAS products, send e-mail to accessibility@sas.com.