Core concepts

The building blocks of Qalion and where to find each of them in the app.

How your work is structured

Your workspace at a glancetext

Organization          members, roles, credits, integrations
└── Project           one app or product you test
    ├── Environments      the sites you run against (base URL + access)
    ├── Browser profiles  what you run on (browser, window size, device)
    ├── Folders
    │   └── Test cases    what to check, step by step
    ├── Shared steps · Datasets · Documentation
    ├── Requirements      what your test cases prove
    ├── Test plans        which cases run on which browsers
    ├── Test runs         one launch of a plan or of selected cases
    │   └── Executions    one case × one browser profile × one data row
    └── Problems          failures grouped by root cause

Key terms

Term	What it is
Organization	Your team's workspace. Members, roles, the credit balance and integrations belong to it. Organizations never see each other's data.
Project	One app or product. It holds its own folders, test cases, environments, plans, runs, requirements and problems.
Environment	A named site with a base URL, such as Staging. Each plan, run and schedule uses one environment.
Browser profile	A browser, a window size and, for phones and tablets, a device. Plans tick the profiles each case runs on.
Test case	One behavior to check, written as steps, Gherkin or free text. Only Active cases run. IDs look like CHK-101.
Test plan	A reusable set of test cases, each ticked on one or more browser profiles, run against one environment.
Test run	One launch: of a plan, of selected cases (a quick run), of a schedule or by Qalion AI. IDs look like RUN-1000.
Execution	One test case on one browser profile, with one data row if a dataset is bound. Each has its own verdict and evidence.
Requirement	A statement your test cases prove. Its verdict is Verified, Failing, Not run or Not covered.
Problem	One root cause, collecting the failures it explains across runs and environments.
Credits	The organization's balance that pays for AI work: test executions, Qalion AI and AI analyses.

The sidebar

The sidebar is one flat list, without Testing or Analysis groups:

Item	What it opens
Dashboard	The quality of the selected project today
Test cases	The folders and test cases of the selected project
Test plans	Your plans, their browser matrix and schedules
Test runs	Every run, live or finished, with its evidence
Coverage	Requirements and whether passing tests prove them
Insights	Pass rate, flaky tests, durations and cost over time
Problems	Failures grouped by root cause
Qalion AI	The AI assistant, full page
Integrations	Connected tools (MCP servers), Jira and API keys
Trash	Deleted items, restorable for 30 days

Below the list, the collapsible Materials group holds Shared steps, Datasets, Documentation, Knowledge and Configuration. All of them except Knowledge are tabs of the project's test case page.

The project switcher sits at the bottom of the sidebar. The Dashboard, Test cases, Coverage, Insights, Problems and Knowledge all follow the project selected there. Its last item, All projects…, opens the Projects page, where you create, edit and delete projects.

Note

What you see depends on your role. Testers don't see Coverage, Insights, Problems or Integrations. Viewers see only the Dashboard. See Roles & permissions.

Top bar and avatar menu

Search (Ctrl/⌘ + K) finds test cases. Ctrl/⌘ + B collapses the sidebar.
The Tunnel button connects an app that is only reachable from your machine or network. See Private apps.
The Parallel sessions pill shows how many browser sessions are in use out of your organization's limit.
Notifications include organization invitations (Open invitation) and scheduled runs that were skipped or failed.
The avatar menu holds Account (your Profile page), Settings (Owners and Admins), Organizations, Appearance (Light, Dark, System), Language (English, French, Spanish), Help and Sign out.
On most pages, a round chat button on the right edge (it slides out to Qalion Chat on hover) opens Qalion AI in a floating window.

Was this page helpful?

Quick start

Projects & configuration