3 Accessibility Features and Tips for Oracle Analytics Cloud
These topics describe accessibility features and information for Oracle Analytics Cloud.
Enabling Accessibility Mode for Oracle Analytics
Enable accessibility mode so that you can navigate Oracle Analytics using keyboard shortcuts and related accessibility features.
- At the login dialog, click Accessibility Mode.
- To modify your accessibility settings:
- In the Classic Home, click <Username>, then My Account, then on the Preferences tab set Accessiblity Mode to On.
- In BI Publisher, click the General tab and use the Accessibility Mode options.
If you’re not using a Windows system, use the keystroke equivalent to the Alt key on your platform. For example if you’re using a Mac, use the Command key instead of the Control (Ctrl) key. To select multiple data elements or columns, use Ctrl+right-click (on Windows systems) or Command key+right-click (on Mac systems).
Keyboard Shortcuts for Visualizations
You can use keyboard shortcuts to navigate and to perform actions in visualizations.
Use these keyboard shortcuts for working in the Visualize canvas.
| Task | Keyboard Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Display the context menu. From the context menu, you can access the Export File option, and add columns to a workbook. | Shift+F10 |
| Print content. |
Ctrl+P (Windows) Command+Shift+P (Mac) |
| Reverse the last undo. | Ctrl+Y |
| Save a newly created workbook with a specific name. | Ctrl+Shift+S |
| Save a workbook with the changes. | Ctrl+S |
| Undo the last change. | Ctrl+Z |
Use these keyboard shortcuts for working in tables and pivot tables in the Visualize canvas.
Information for screen reader users: Table and pivot table visualizations are interactive data grids. These data visualizations are not static table views, and therefore screen readers won't recognize these visualizations as table objects.
| Task | Keyboard Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Display context menu. | SHIFT+F10 |
| Move accessibility focus to the cell to the left. | Left Arrow |
| Move accessibility focus to the cell to the right. | Right Arrow |
| Move focus to first row. | HOME |
| Move focus to last row. | END |
| Move focus to the column header. | CTRL+Up Arrow |
| Move focus to the next row. | Down Arrow |
| Move focus to the previous row. If at the first data row then move to the column header. | Up Arrow |
| Move the focus in a table. The first Shift+Tab into the Table moves focus to the first column header. The second Shift+Tab moves focus to the previous focusable element outside of the Table data visualization. | SHIFT+TAB |
| Move the focus in a table or pivot table. The first Tab into the Table or Pivot Table moves focus to the first column header. The second Tab moves focus to the next focusable element outside of the Table data visualization. | TAB |
| Select and move focus to the next row or data cell. | SHIFT+Down Arrow |
| Select and move focus to the previous row. | SHIFT+Up Arrow |
Use these keyboard shortcuts while working on a visualization in the Visualize canvas.
| Task | Keyboard Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Copy a visualization to paste it to another canvas in the workbook or to a canvas in another workbook. | Ctrl+C |
| Delete a visualization. | Delete key |
| Duplicate a visualization. | Ctrl+D |
| Paste the visualization into a canvas in the workbook or into a canvas in another workbook. | Ctrl+V |
Use these keyboard shortcuts while working with a filter in the filter panel on the filter bar.
| Task | Keyboard Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Add the search string to the selection list. | Ctrl+Enter |
Use these keyboard shortcuts when you want to open, create, or edit artifacts such as datasets, workbooks, data flows, and sequences in a new tab or window.
| Task | Keyboard Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Open an artifact in a new browser tab. | Ctrl+Click the artifact |
| Open an artifact in a new browser window. | Shift+Click the artifact |
Use these keyboard shortcuts for working in the Grammar Panel.
| Task | Keyboard Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Copy | Ctrl/Cmd+C |
| Cut | Ctrl/Cmd+X |
| Navigate backwards | Shift+tab |
| Navigate forwards | Tab |
| Paste | Ctrl/Cmd+V |
Keyboard Shortcuts for Dashboards and Agents
You can use keyboard shortcuts to navigate and to perform actions in dashboards and agents.
| Task | Keyboard Shortcut | Keyboard Shortcut available for Dashboards and Agents? |
|---|---|---|
| Close the menu that has the focus. | Esc | Dashboards and agents |
| Open Classic analysis from the data visualization catalog using the Explore as Workbook option. | Shift+F10 | Dashboards only |
| Navigate to the current dashboard page Tab, if the Tab is displayed. If there is only one page in the dashboard, then the page Tab is not displayed. | Ctrl+Alt+P | Dashboards only |
| Navigate to the Dashboards popup menu in the global header. You can then press ENTER to display a menu from which you select a dashboard to display. | Ctrl+Alt+D | Dashboards only |
| Navigate to the first focusable element in the global header, which is the Skip to Content link. This link enables you to bypass the options that are available in the global header and to move to the features that available in the main part of the Home page. | Ctrl+Alt+G | Dashboards only |
| Navigate to the first focusable element in the next section. For a dashboard page, the first element is the collapse icon. | Ctrl+Shift+S | Dashboards only |
| Navigate to the first focusable element in the previous section. For a dashboard page, the first element is the collapse icon. | Ctrl+Shift+U | Dashboards only |
| Navigate to the next focusable element. | Tab | Dashboards and agents |
| Navigate to the next menu option. | Down Arrow | Dashboards and agents |
| Navigate to the previous focusable element. | Shift+Tab | Dashboards and agents |
| Navigate to the previous menu option. | Up Arrow | Dashboards and agents |
| Open drop-down and combo boxes. | Alt+Up or Down Arrow | Dashboards and agents |
| Show the next or previous item in a combo box. | Ctrl+Up or Down Arrow | Dashboards and agents |
| Trigger the activity, when the focus is on a link, an image, or a button with an associated URL or activity. | Enter | Dashboards and agents |
Keyboard Shortcuts for Semantic Modeler
You can use keyboard shortcuts to navigate and to perform actions in Semantic Modeler.
Using Keyboard Shortcuts in Semantic Modeler
Use these general keyboard shortcuts for working with Semantic Modeler.
| Task | Keyboard Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Close active tab |
Ctrl+Shift+X (Windows) Command+Shift+X (Mac) |
| Copy |
Ctrl+C (Windows) Command+C (Mac) |
| Cut |
Ctrl+X (Windows) Command+X (Mac) |
| Delete |
Backspace (Windows) Delete (Mac) |
| Edit |
Enter (Windows) Enter (Mac) |
| Global Check Consistency |
Ctrl+K (Windows) Command+K (Mac) |
| Global Search |
Ctrl+Shift+F (Windows) Command+Shift+F (Mac) |
| Go to Connection Tab in Finger pane |
Ctrl+Alt+0 (Windows) Command+Option+0 (Mac) |
| Go to Invalid Tab in Finger pane |
Ctrl+Alt+5 (Windows) Command+Option+5 (Mac) |
| Go to Logical Tab in Finger pane |
Ctrl+Alt+2 (Windows) Command+Option+2 (Mac) |
| Go to Physical Tab in Finger pane |
Ctrl+Alt+1 (Windows) Command+Option+1 (Mac) |
| Go to Presentation Tab in Finger pane |
Ctrl+Alt+3 (Windows) Command+Option+3 (Mac) |
| Go to Variables Tab in Finger pane |
Ctrl+Alt+4 (Windows) Command+Option+4 (Mac) |
| Paste |
Ctrl+V (Windows) Command+V (Mac) |
| Save the Model |
Ctrl+S (Windows) Command+S (Mac) |
| Show/Hide Finger pane |
Ctrl+Alt+H (Windows) Command+Option+H (Mac) |
| Show/Hide Git pane |
Ctrl+Alt+G (Windows) Command+Option+G (Mac) |
| View Lineage |
Ctrl+Shift+L (Windows) Command+Shift+L (Mac) |
| View Source (SMML) |
Shift+Enter (Windows) Shift+Enter (Mac) |
Keyboard Shortcuts for BI Publisher
You can use keyboard shortcuts to navigate and to perform actions in BI Publisher.
Accessibility Support in BI Publisher Report Output
BI Publisher can generate accessible HTML and PDF reports. Reports with accessibility design features include the following report properties:
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Document title.
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Alternative text property to describe images such as charts.
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Table summary property to summarize Table content.
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Header level property to specify the order in which the Table header rows are read in accessibility mode.
Using Keyboard Shortcuts in BI Publisher
Use these general keyboard shortcuts for working with BI Publisher.
| Task | Keyboard Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Navigate to the next focusable element. | Tab |
| Navigate to the previous focusable element. | Shift + Tab |
| Navigate to the next menu option. | Down Arrow |
| Navigate to the previous menu option. | Up Arrow |
| Trigger the activity, when the focus is on a link, an image, or a button with an associated URL or activity | Enter |
| Close the menu that has the focus. | Esc |
| Open drop-down and combo boxes. | Alt + Up or Down Arrow |
| Show the next or previous item in a combo box. | Ctrl + Up or Down Arrow |