Validation Report

This view displays the validation failures, or Accessibility problems, as a result of running a validation. The displayed report is the one that is selected in the Report Manager.

This picture shows what the view might look like this after running a validation:

picture of a Validation Report View showing a colored validation report

Tables

Rows in the table represent a Validation Record. The color coding of a Validation Record indicates the severity level. These colors are controlled by preferences set on the Validation Display preference page. You can sort the rows in the table by selecting the column header. Subsequent selections on the same column header will reverse the direction of the sort (ascending or descending).

As displayed in the Validation Report, each Validation Record consists of:

Column Description
Severity The severity of the error. One of: Configuration, Information, Detail, Warning, Error, Severe
Message the text of the error message
Component The class/name of the problem component
Id the Id of the component


Toolbar

Button Action Description Available when
Copy to clipboard picture of the Copy to clipboard icon from the Validation Report View's toolbar Copies the entire Validation Report to the clipboard in plain text. A report is displayed in the view.
Export to file picture of the Export the report icon from the Validation Report View's toolbar Exports the Validation Report to a file in either an xml or plain text format. A report is displayed in the view.
Filter report by severity picture of the Filter report icon from the Validation Report View's toolbar Displays the Validation Report Filter dialog to choose the severity of records to display in the view. Always
Sorting picture of the Sort report icon from the Validation Report View's toolbar Displays the Validation Report Sort dialog to choose the sort order to display. Always

Context Menus

Button Action Description Available when
picture of the Show Record Details menu item for a report line item Show Record Details Use the Show Record Details Dialog to display more informatiabout a report line item one report line item is selected