Uploading a manual audit lets you bring expert-reviewed accessibility findings into accessFlow. This helps your team manage remediation work in one place, track progress, and assign ownership.
Before uploading a manual audit, make sure:
- You have one audit results file per domain
- Your audit is formatted as a CSV file
- Each row represents a finding with the required fields (see CSV file format)
- Screenshot links are accessible if included
Manual audits are hosted separately from automated audit results. They do not impact your overall accessibility score and are tracked independently.
Upload a manual audit
To upload a manual audit
- Go to Audits and select Manual audits.
- Select Upload audit.
- Select Upload CSV file.
- Enter an Audit name to identify the audit.
- Enter the Audit date (the date the audit was conducted).
- Select Upload audit.
The audit details appear in the Manual audits tab.
Screenshots may take up to a minute to appear after the upload is complete.
Delete a manual audit
Deleting a manual audit permanently deletes the audit results and can't be undone.
To delete a manual audit
- Go to Audits and select Manual audits.
- Select the Trash icon next to the audit.
- Select Delete audit.
View and resolve issues
- Select an issue to open the remediation panel and resolve it.
- Select a column heading to sort by ascending/descending order.
- Use filters to organize your view (WCAG, Severity). Select again to remove the filter.
- Select multiple issues for batch actions.
Manage multiple issues
Perform actions on multiple issues at once or select Issue ID to select all the issues on the page.
Select individual issues, or select Issue ID to select all issues on the page.
Choose an action from the toolbar:
- Export (only available if you have Integrations enabled): Create issues in your integrated project management tool.
- Resolve: Mark selected issues as Resolved.
- Dismiss: Provide a reason and mark selected issues as Dismissed.
- Assign: Select a team member or start typing to search for a team member and assign the issues.
CSV file format
The CSV file must have a sheet named Issues and include a header row and one row per finding.
These are the column headings:
- Issue ID: A unique identifier for the finding.
- Template: (optional) The web page type or category (e.g. Contacts, Homepage, Blog, General)
- URL: The page where the issue appears.
- Issue summary: A summary of the issue.
- Issue description: The issue description.
- Screenshot: (optional) A public URL to an image (for example, a shared Google Drive link).
- Element Description: The element description.
- CSS Selector: The CSS selector where the issue is located.
- HTML Element: The HTML element where the issue is located.
- Remediation guidance: Recommended remediation guidance
- Accessibility Impact: Severity level (e.g., low, medium, high)
- WCAG Success Criteria: The relevant WCAG reference.
- WCAG conformance level: A, AA, or AAA
- Section 508: The relevant Section 508 reference.
- EN 301549: The relevant compliance reference.
- Mitigated by Engine: Whether accessWidget’s automated remediation engine remediates the issue on the live site.
- Auditor Notes: Notes by the auditor.
Additional columns are ignored.
Download a sample CSV file: