Enabling system-wide accessible report output

You can specify system-wide settings for accessible report output that apply to all entries, including reports, jobs, and scheduled entries.

Accessible reports contain features, such as alternate text, that allow users with disabilities to access report content using assistive technologies, such as screen readers.

Accessibility settings in the user preferences and report properties can overwrite the system-wide settings in IBM® Cognos® Administration. For information about enabling accessibility support in user preferences or report properties, see Enabling Accessible Report Output.

Accessible reports require more report processing and have a larger file size than non-accessible reports. Consequently, accessible reports affect performance. By default, support for accessible report output is disabled.

Accessible report output is available for the following formats: PDF, HTML, and Microsoft Excel spreadsheet software 2007.

Procedure

In IBM Cognos Administration, on the Configuration tab, click Dispatchers and Services.
From the Configuration page toolbar, click the set properties button .
Click the Settings tab.
From the Category drop-down list, click Administrator Override.
For the Administrator Override category, next to Accessibility support for reports, in the Value column, click Edit.

In the Accessibility support for reports page, select one of the following options:

Option	Description
Disable	Accessible report output is not available to users.
Make mandatory	Accessible report output is always created.
Allow the user to decide	Accessible report output is specified by the user. If you set this option to Not selected, then accessible report output is not created automatically. This is the default. If you set this option to Selected, then accessible report output is created by default.