Powerbi-docs: WCAG 2.1 Accessibility

[Pacoup]

Are reports published to web accessible / WCAG 2.1 compliant for web users?

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• Content: Publish to web from Power BI - Power BI
• Content Source: powerbi-docs/collaborate-share/service-publish-to-web.md
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• Sub-service: pbi-collaborate-share
• GitHub Login: @maggiesMSFT
• Microsoft Alias: maggies

[mihart]

Thanks for your comment, @Pacoup . This issue has been assigned to the doc author for review.

[Pacoup]

Hi, is it possible to get an answer to this question? We really need to know whether we can publish Power BI reports online as is or if we have to create an accessible alternative with another tool for our Government of Canada website, which is mandated to pass WCAG 2.1. Thanks.

[maggiesMSFT]

Hi, @Pacoup -- here is the article about creating accessible Power BI reports: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-accessibility-creating-reports
Hope that helps answer your question!

[Pacoup]

@maggiesMSFT This does not answer the question. That article is about creating accessible reports inside Power BI, but makes no mention of reports published to the web.

Specifically, the mention on Overview of accessibility in Power BI seems to imply that Power BI reports are only accessible if accessed within Power BI Desktop or Power BI Mobile:

Power BI is committed to the following accessibility standards. The standards help ensure that your Power BI experiences are accessible to as many people as possible. When you build accessible reports or dashboards, that content is accessible for anyone who views them using Power BI Mobile.

My understanding is that Power BI Mobile is only available for reports published within an organization, not publicly available reports on the web.

We need to know whether the reports can also be made accessible and hopefully responsive when published to the web, because we're working on a report which we intend to make available to the public at large. Publish to web from Power BI makes no mention of this and I cannot find any specific information regarding this capability.

[maggiesMSFT]

Oh! This article https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-accessibility-creating-reports definitely applies to reports on the web, i.e., the Power BI service.
I'll check to see if it also applies to Publish to Web reports.