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Accessibility options on dashboards

Understand how accessibility settings affect reports and Performance Analytics widgets on dashboards. Data visualizations on a Workspace are also affected.

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Data visualization accessibility on a dashboard

You can enable and disable these Accessibility options to make your experience in an instance more accessible:

  • Replace colors and patterns in charts and graphs
  • Enable data table for charts and graphs

Open your Preferences to access the Accessibility options. For more information, see Configure Next Experience accessibility preferences.

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Menu for opening preferences for an instance.
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Accessibility options for data visualizations.

Data visualization patterns enabled

Here's an example of a dashboard showing visualizations without accessibility enabled. The dashboard shows the following visualizations:

  • A donut report
  • A bar report
  • A time series Performance Analytics widget
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Example dashboard - non-accessible visualization

When you select Replace colors with patterns with charts and graphs, you can see how the visualization's solid colors become differently patterned for more accessible viewing.

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Example dashboard - accessible patterns

Data table enabled

When you select Enable data table for charts and graphs, data tables replace the charts on Performance Analytics widgets. On reports, a plus + icon appears.

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Dashboard with data tables replacing charts.

Here's a closer view of the plus icon which, when enabled, displays regardless of the data table setting set for individual reports.

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Accessibiity enabled - closer view at a donut chart

Click the plus icon to display the corresponding data table.

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Accessibility enabled - chart view