Accessibility Features and Tips

Enable Accessibility Mode for Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence

Use this procedure to enable accessibility mode in Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence.

Log in directly to Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence or navigate to the Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence home page.
To modify your accessibility settings:
1. In the Home page, click <Username>, then My Account, click the Preferences tab, and use the Accessibility Mode options.
2. In Publisher home page, click <Username>, then My Account,click the General tab, and use the Accessibility Mode options.

When you enable accessibility mode, you can navigate using keyboard shortcuts and related accessibility features.

Note:

In accessibility mode, 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.
You can use Ctrl + right-click (on Windows systems) or Command key + right-click (on Mac systems) to select multiple data elements or columns.

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 BI Composer

You can use keyboard shortcuts to navigate and to perform actions in BI Composer.

Task	Keyboard Shortcut
Navigate to the Back button.	Alt+Shift+B
Navigate to the Cancel button.	Alt+Shift+C
Navigate to the Submit button.	Alt+Shift+i
Navigate to the Next button.	Alt+Shift+X
Navigate to the context menu. For example, selecting an item in the Catalog tree and pressing Alt+Ctrl+m displays a menu with options to expand and collapse menu items.	Alt+Ctrl+M
Read the messages in a pop-up window, one by one.	Alt+Down Arrow

Note:

The Catalog tree that is displayed in the Catalog tab of the BI Composer wizard is interpreted as a table. To navigate the tree, use the table keystrokes for your screen reader program.