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Reports ​

The Reports section within Real-Time Scanning serves as a central hub for analyzing the accessibility issues detected on your website. It offers two distinct views -By Issue Type and By URL - allowing you to investigate problems from different perspectives and prioritize fixes effectively.

Reports Views ​

You can switch between the two available views using the toggle at the top right of the Reports page:

By Issue Type ​

  • Displays all detected accessibility issues for the selected site, tag, or filter combination.
  • Issues are sorted primarily by severity and view count, ensuring that the most critical and most frequently encountered problems appear first.
  • Each row includes:
    • Issue (Rule) Name – Click to open the Issue Details page (see section 6.3).
    • Severity – The importance of the issue. Severity levels are Critical, High, Medium and Low
    • Violation – WCAG conformance level or best practice category. Violation levels are A, AA, AAA, Best Practices
    • Count – Total number of instances detected for this issue across the site.
    • Page Count – Number of pages where this issue was observed.
    • View Count – The number of times users encountered this issue type.

By URL ​

  • Displays affected URLs prioritized by the total issue view count for that page.
  • Each row includes:
    • URL – Click to open the Page Issues view for that URL.
    • Device – Whether the issue occurred on desktop or mobile scans.
    • Issue Count – Total number of issues detected for the page.
    • Issue Types Count – How many different issue types were found.
    • View Count – The total views for all issues on that page.
    • Development Assistant Icon – Clicking this icon opens the Development Assistant directly for the selected URL and device type.
  • Clicking on a URL opens a list of issues observed for that page, with the same details available as in the By Issue Type view.

Filters ​

Both views share the same filtering options:

  • Site (Mandatory) – Select the site for which you want to view results.
  • Tag (Optional) – Refine results by tag.
  • Date Range (Mandatory) – Choose the reporting period (see section 5.1.3).
  • Severity (Optional) – Filter by severity level (see section 5.4).
  • Violation (Optional) – Filter by violation level (see section 5.5).
  • URL Search (Optional) – Search for a specific URL.
  • Pagination – Navigate through all available results. Previously limited to the top 50 URLs, pagination now enables browsing of all scanned URLs.

Issue Details Page ​

The Issue Details page appears when:

  • You click an issue name in the By Issue Type view, or
  • You click an issue for a specific page in the By URL view.

This page shows:

  • Issue title and description – Including WCAG compliance level and violation category.
  • Severity level – High, Medium, or Low.
  • List of affected URLs – With device type, issue count, and view count.
  • Development Assistant Icon – Clicking this icon opens the Development Assistant directly for the selected URL and device type.

Features in Issue Details ​

  1. URL Parameters (last hour & last 24 hours only)
  • Displays query parameters detected during scans for that URL.
  • Parameters are stripped when storing URLs to ensure performance and avoid duplication from multiple parameter combinations.
  • Most URLs will have no parameters displayed.
  • Development Assistant Icon – Displayed at the far right of each parameter row. Clicking it will load the Development Assistant for the URL composed of the root URL + the selected parameters, using the same device type as in the report.
  1. Trends
  • Shows when the issue was first and last detected, total visibility duration, and trend direction:
    • Increasing – Occurrences are rising.
    • Decreasing – Occurrences are dropping.
    • Stable – No significant change.
    • Unknown – Observed only once in the selected period.
  • Includes a visual chart of issue occurrences over time.
  • Important:
    • An issue not appearing in results doesn’t necessarily mean it’s fixed—it may be due to the page not being scanned in that period or not being in the top scanned URLs for the day.
    • The scanning system prioritizes the most visited URLs (up to 10,000 per day site-wide, up to 1,000 per day per device).

Page Issues (By URL View) ​

When viewing a specific URL from the By URL view:

  • You see a list of issues affecting that page, with:
    • Issue name
    • Severity
    • Violation
    • Issue count
    • View count
  • Clicking an issue opens the Issue Details page with the same URL Parameters and Trends sections described above.

Best Practices for Using Reports ​

  • Start in By Issue Type view to address the most impactful issues site-wide.
  • Use By URL view to focus on improving specific high-priority pages.
  • Check URL Parameters when troubleshooting parameterized pages (e.g., search results, tracking links).
  • Monitor Trends to understand whether an issue is spreading or being reduced over time.
  • Apply filters and pagination to locate specific URLs or issues beyond the default top results.