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title: Accessibility options on dashboards
description: Understand how accessibility settings affect reports and Performance Analytics widgets on dashboards. Data visualizations on a Workspace are also affected.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/now-intelligence/performance-analytics/analytics-accessibility-options.html
release: australia
product: Performance Analytics
classification: performance-analytics
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Administering dashboards, Responsive dashboards in the Core UI, Reporting, dashboards, and Performance Analytics in the Core UI, Platform Analytics]
---

# Accessibility options on dashboards

Understand how accessibility settings affect reports and Performance Analytics widgets on dashboards. Data visualizations on a Workspace are also affected.

\[Omitted image "visualization-accessibility-dashboard.png"\] Alt text: Data visualization accessibility on a dashboard

You can enable and disable these Accessibility options to make your experience in an instance more accessible:

-   Replace colors and patterns in charts and graphs
-   Enable data table for charts and graphs

Open your **Preferences** to access the Accessibility options. For more information, see [Configure Next Experience accessibility preferences](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/platform-user-interface/next-experience-accessibility-preferences.md).

\[Omitted image "open-preferences.png"\] Alt text: Menu for opening preferences for an instance.

\[Omitted image "accessibility-options-for-data-viz.png"\] Alt text: Accessibility options for data visualizations.

## Data visualization patterns enabled

Here's an example of a dashboard showing visualizations without accessibility enabled. The dashboard shows the following visualizations:

-   A donut report
-   A bar report
-   A time series Performance Analytics widget

\[Omitted image "example-dashboard-non-accessible-vis.png"\] Alt text: Example dashboard - non-accessible visualization

When you select **Replace colors with patterns with charts and graphs**, you can see how the visualization's solid colors become differently patterned for more accessible viewing.

\[Omitted image "example-dashboard-accessible-patterns.png"\] Alt text: Example dashboard - accessible patterns

## Data table enabled

When you select **Enable data table for charts and graphs**, data tables replace the charts on Performance Analytics widgets. On reports, a plus + icon appears.

\[Omitted image "accessibility-enabled.png"\] Alt text: Dashboard with data tables replacing charts.

Here's a closer view of the plus icon which, when enabled, displays regardless of the data table setting set for individual reports.

\[Omitted image "accessibility-enabled-donut.png"\] Alt text: Accessibiity enabled - closer view at a donut chart

Click the plus icon to display the corresponding data table.

\[Omitted image "accessibility-enabled-chart.png"\] Alt text: Accessibility enabled - chart view