Accessibility Features for SAS Mobile BI 2.1 for iPad

Overview
Documentation Format
User Interface Layout
Exceptions to Accessibility Standards

Overview

SAS Visual Analytics 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.

Documentation Format

Please contact accessibility@sas.com if you need this document in an alternative digital format.

User Interface Layout

SAS Mobile BI for iPad contains the following interfaces:

My Portfolio contains two main sections:
- The top of the portfolio contains the application bar. The application bar contains a Library button that enables you to view the library of reports, the Help button that provides help and access to the tutorial videos, and the Edit button to use for removing reports from the portfolio.
- The center of the portfolio contains the workspace, where you can open and view reports that you have subscribed to from the library. Each report is a tile in the workspace. Each tile contains the report title and the date the report was last modified. If the report is new or updated, the tile includes a banner stating New or Updated. Each tile also contains an Information button. The button opens a window that displays the report properties.
When you first open SAS Mobile BI, a Welcome window provides access to the tutorial videos.

The Portfolio also provides a Search and Sort pane. VoiceOver users can display this pane by using the three-finger swipe down.
The Library enables you to subscribe to reports that are available on servers that you can access. The Library contains four main sections:
- The top of the Library contains the application bar. The application bar contains a My Portfolio button that enables you to return to your portfolio of reports, the Download icon that indicates if reports are downloading to your portfolio, and the Connections button to use when adding, editing, or removing connections to servers that host reports for your organization.
- Below the application bar is the server banner. It indicates the user ID that you used to log in to the server.
- Below the banner is the navigation bar. It displays the path of the directory that you navigate when locating reports. The navigation bar also includes the switch that you can flick to change from the Folders view of the server contents to the Curated view. The Curated view displays your favorite reports and the reports that you have viewed recently.
- The center of the window (the work area) displays the Folders view of the server contents or the Curated view.
The report viewer enables you to view reports. The report contains two main sections:
- The top of the report contains the application bar. The application bar contains a Close button that closes the report and returns to the portfolio, the Filter icon that indicates if the report data is filtered, and the Action menu, which provides access to the report properties, the commenting feature, the share report feature, and help for using reports.
- The center of the window contains the workspace. The workspace displays the report that was designed by using SAS Visual Analytics. A report can contain one or more report objects.

To customize SAS Mobile BI and its features, open the iPad Settings app and tap General. In the General pane, tap Accessibility. SAS Mobile BI accommodates most accessibility settings provided by iOS.

Exceptions to Accessibility Standards

Exceptions to accessibility standards are documented in the following table.

Table 1: Exceptions to Accessibility Standards
Accessibility Issue	Workaround
After opening an XML file, no part of the screen automatically receives focus.	Continue normal screen navigation to have voice over read the page.
In a table-style report object, voice over reads the entire row instead of only the currently selected cell.	No workaround is available.
The contents of the My Portfolio screen appear to be a disjointed set of controls. However, the screen actually contains the reports that have been downloaded.	VoiceOver users should drag their finger around the screen to find the name of each report and then split tap or double tap to open each report.
When deleting a report, there is a visual cue indicating that a specific report has been selected for deletion. However, that selected state is not communicated to voice-over users.	To delete reports, voice-over users must first select the report to delete and then examine the state of the Delete button. If the Delete button is active, a report is selected and it will be deleted when the Delete button is activated. However, it is not possible to confirm which report will be deleted using voice over. Note: To quickly access the Delete button, use the four-finger tap on the top of the screen.
If you have set Large Text to On in the Accessibility settings, the setting is not inherited in the SAS Mobile BI app.	To make text larger, use the Zoom accessibility feature.
When using VoiceOver in the Library, the quick, two-finger Z pattern fails to dismiss the Properties window for a selected report.	To dismiss the window, navigate to the Cancel button and double-tap the button.
When using VoiceOver and you open a report, VoiceOver can read the buttons, but not the content of the report.	No workaround is available.
When using VoiceOver in the Library, the two-finger flick up gesture announces all visible items, from top to bottom, except the View switch. Also, when the focus is on the View switch, the single-finger flick up and single-finger flick down gestures do not change the switch setting.	No workaround is available.