User`s guide

Before you can create an accessible data table, you must plan your report in advance, determining
which objects and database fields you want to include. Because objects must be placed in the order
you want them to be read, planning your content for accessibility is essential. As part of this planning,
it is good practice to choose how you will use text objects to identify data table values. You can simply
add text objects before each database field. Or you can conditionally suppress text objects or use
formulas to combine text objects and values.
D.4.1.1 Labeling data tables with text objects
Before each field, add a text object that describes the field's position in the table. In the following
example, the text box provides information about the Employee ID number. When the report is read
with a screen reader, each number is preceded by the brief explanation in the text box.
Providing extra information for each value can make a data table appear cluttered for people without
vision impairments, so you may want to hide the extra text objects by changing the font color to the
same color as the background. The extra text is invisible, but is still detected and read by screen readers.
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Creating Accessible Reports