Exporting Data
After running a scan you will be brought to the "Overview" tab with your scan results. There, you will find an "Export" button. When clicked, a dialog will appear allowing you to configure which type of export you would like along with the export format.
Export types
Issue export
The issue export is supported in both CSV and JSON formats. This will contain information pertaining to each accessibility violation found from both automatic testing as well as Intelligent Guided Testing.
Supported CSV Schemas
axe DevTools Pro (default)
| column name | description |
|---|---|
| Rule ID | The identifier for the accessibility rule |
| Description | A description of the accessibility rule |
| Help | Helpful information regarding the rule violated leading to issue |
| Help URL | A URL with help for the given rule |
| Impact | The impact or severity of the issue |
| Manual | Whether the issue was found manually (IGT) or not |
| Needs Review | Whether or not the potential issue needs manual review |
| IGT | Which specific IGT was run to find issue (blank if not found by IGT) |
| Selector | The CSS selector for the issue element |
| Summary | Summary of issue |
| Source Code | The HTML source code snippet of the issue element |
| Tags | Metadata for the issue (categories, wcag checkpoint identifiers, etc.) |
| Found By | User who peformed test in which issue was raised |
| Test Title | The name of the saved test |
| Test URL | The url of the page tested |
| Share URL | The shared issue URL (only populated when issue or saved test explicitly shared) |
| Created At | When the issue was first created |
axe Reporter
This schema is compatible with the "axe Reporter" CSV generated from axe DevTools API integrations. This schema is especially useful if you are aggregating data from both the axe DevTools browser extension and APIs/CLI.
| column name | description |
|---|---|
| Page URL | The url of the page tested |
| Page Title | The document title of the page tested |
| Outcome | The outcome of the issue (will be blank for axe DevTools Pro) |
| Impact | The impact or severity of the issue |
| Code Snippet | The HTML source snippet of the issue element |
| Selector | The CSS selector for the issue element |
| Remediation | Issue remediation info |
| Manual | Whether the issue was found manually (IGT) or not |
| Rule ID | The identifier for the accessibility rule associated with the issue |
| Help | Helpful information regarding the rule violated leading to issue |
| Description | A description of the accessibility rule |
| Help URL | A URL with help for the given rule |
| Standard | Which WCAG standard/checkpoint the issue falls within |
| WCAG 2 Success Criteria | The WCAG success criteria for the issue |
| Section 508 Paragraph | Applicable Section 508 information for the issue |
| Tags | Metadata for the issue (categories, wcag checkpoint identifiers, etc.) |
| Date | Date the issue was found |
| axe-core | Version of axe-core used in test which raised issue |
| Needs Review | Whether or not the potential issue needs manual review |
| IGT | Which specific IGT was run to find issue (blank if not found by IGT) |
| Found By | User who peformed test in which issue was raised |
| Test Title | The title name of the test |
| Share URL | The shared issue URL (only populated when issue or saved test explicitly shared) |
Supported JSON Schema
The JSON issue export is an array of issue data with the following properties for each issue:
| Property name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
axeVersion |
string | The version of axe-core used for the test in which the issue was raised. |
createdAt |
string | The date/time in which the issue was raised. |
description |
string | A description of the issue. |
foundBy |
string | User who performed the test in which the issue was raised. |
help |
string | Helpful information regarding the rule violated leading to issue. |
helpUrl |
string | A URL with help for the given rule. |
igt |
string | The name of the IGT in which the issue was rased (null if not found in IGT). |
impact |
string | The impact or severity of the issue. |
isManual |
boolean | Whether the issue was found manually (IGT) or not. |
needsReview |
boolean | Whether or not the potential issue needs manual review. |
ruleId |
string | The identifier for the accessibility rule associated with the issue. |
selector |
array | An array of CSS-Selectors to target the node associated with the violation. Read axe-core's documentation on selectors. |
shareURL |
string | The shared issue URL (only populated when issue or saved test explicitly shared). |
source |
string | The HTML source snippet of the issue element. |
summary |
string | Summary of issue. |
tags |
array | Array of string tags of metadata for the issue (categories, wcag checkpoint identifiers, etc.). |
testName |
string | The name of the saved test in which the issue was found. |
testPageTitle |
string | The title of the document in which the issue was found. |
testUrl |
string | The url of the page tested. |
Saved test export
If you are looking for an export format that gives you a summary of all the testing that was done within a test record and what the outcome was of that testing, then this is the format for you. The JSON "Saved test and issues" export contains a complete breakdown of all the relevant data associated with a given saved test in the following way:
| Property name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
allIssues |
array | Array of issue data (see above JSON issue schema). |
axeVersion |
string | The version of axe-core used for the test in which the issue was raised. |
bestPracticesEnabled |
boolean | Whether or not best practices are enabled for the saved test. |
extensionVersion |
string | The version of the extension used to perform the tests. |
failedRules |
array | An array of rule objects. See the rule object table below. |
igtSummary |
array | An array of IGT summary data. See the IGT summary object table below. |
issueSummary |
object | Issue summary data counts. See the issue summary object table below. |
needsReview |
array | An array of needs review issue data. See the needs review object table below. |
remainingTestingSummary |
object | Remaining testing summary data. See the remaining testing object table below. |
standard |
string | The WCAG Level used for the testing. |
testingEndDate |
string | The date/time in which the test was last updated. |
testingStartDate |
string | The date/time in which the test was first created. |
url |
string | The URL of the page tested. |
Rule object
The rule object is used in the failedRules property of the saved test export. It contains the folllowing properties:
| Property name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
name |
string | The name/id of the rule. |
count |
number | The number of times the rule failed. |
mode |
string | The mode in which the issue was found. Possible values are "automated" and "Manual". |
IGT summary object
The IGT summary object is used in the igtSummary property of the saved test export. It contains the following properties:
| Property name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
name |
string | The name/id of the IGT. |
run |
boolean | Whether or not the IGT was run at least once. |
skipped |
string | Whether or not the IGT was skipped. |
tool |
string | The name of the IGT. |
Issue summary object
The issue summary object is used in the issueSummary property of the saved test export. It contains the following properties:
| Property name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
bestPractices |
number | The total number of best practices found. |
critical |
number | The total number of "critical" (impact) issues found. |
minor |
number | The total number of "minor" (impact) issues found. |
moderate |
number | The total number of "moderate" (impact) issues found. |
serious |
number | The total number of "serious" (impact) issues found. |
needsReview |
number | The total number of needs review issues found. |
Needs review object
The needs review object is used in the needsReview property of the saved test export. It contains the following properties:
| Property name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
count |
number | The total number of times the given needs review issue was found. |
mode |
string | The mode in which the needs review issue was found. Possible values are "automated" and "Manual". |
name |
string | The name/id of the rule. |
Remaining testing object
The remaining testing object is used in the remainingTestingSummary property of the saved test export. It contains the following properties:
| Property name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
run |
boolean | Whether or not the remaining testing has been completed. |