Enable Accessible Report Outputs

If you want to include accessibility features, such as alternate text, summary text, designated cell headers in tables and accessible conditional layouts, you must enable these accessibility features in the report output.

You can enable accessible report outputs in one of the following ways:

in the IBM® Cognos® Report Studio run options, so that the report has accessibility features enabled when you run the report from within Report Studio.
in IBM Cognos Connection as a run option (Run with options, Enable accessibility features), so that report consumers can run the report once with accessibility features.
in IBM Cognos Connection as a property (Set properties, Report tab), so that report consumers can always run the report with accessibility features.
in IBM Cognos Connection, as a user preference (My area, My preferences), so that report consumers can enable accessibility features for all of their reports. Accessibility settings in the report properties overwrite this setting.
in IBM Cognos Administration, as a server-wide option, so that all reports for all IBM Cognos users have accessibility features enabled. Accessibility settings in the user preferences and report properties overwrite this setting.
Administrators can also change a system-level setting that forces the accessibility features on or off regardless of any other settings.

For information about the last four options, see the IBM Cognos Connection User Guide or the IBM Cognos Administration and Security Guide.

Procedure

In Report Studio, from the Run menu, click Run Options and select the Include accessibility features check box.