Chapter 1. Introduction

Table of Contents

1.1. Navigation

is an easy-to-use web based application which helps to organize test projects. It manages test cases, test suites, information about systems under test and test environments in which tests have been run. When a test case or test suite has been executed, its result, including the information about the system under test and its test environment, is stored in a database. This enables full traceability of all test runs. Multiple reports enable a detailed overview of the progress of the project at any time.

1.1. Navigation

Throughout this tutorial you will find instructions for navigating through . Figure 1.1 shows a typical page with the navigation areas numbered.

Navigation in

Figure 1.1. Navigation in


The User Interface of

  1. The top menu bar. Here you can access functions for selecting the current project, for keyword search, help, language selection and logging out.

  2. The sidebar shows the five main sections. If you hover over a specific section in the sidebar, the menu entries for this section are displayed.

  3. The log panel displays various information, warnings and error messages.

  4. Most tables in have an action column like the one shown here. A click on the respective icons in this column executes actions for the objects in the corresponding row.

  5. Many pages in have buttons like this to perform actions like creating new objects, or saving or discarding changes. These buttons are always located above or below the table.