Test Cloud user guide

Last updated Mar 13, 2025

Getting started

This page helps you to get started with the Test Cloud interface, and start managing your application testing organization. The page shows information about the platform hierarchy, the specific application testing personas, and common user journeys.

Hierarchies and inheritance

Given that Test Cloud is a dedicated interface of Automation Cloud^TM, both of them operate on the same platform capabilities. To get started with how to navigate through Test Cloud, you need to explore the hierarchy system based on which the platforms operate. The following table describes the platform layers:

Layer	Description
Organization	An organization typically represents a single company. An organization admin manages organization settings.
Tenant	A tenant is a unique and separate division or department within an organization. Each tenant has its own resources, separated from other tenants within the organization.
Service	Services represent various UiPath web products, such as Orchestrator, Insights, or Action Center. Each service does a unique job in the automation process. The services can be assigned to a tenant for their individual automation needs.
Folder	Folders are a division under a tenant, and are used as containers for different resources, such as automations, robots, assets, and others. Folders provide an efficient way to manage access rights and help set fine-grained permissions.
User accounts, Robot accounts, Groups, and External apps	Identities used to assign access rights and permissions. User accounts: Individual users with unique access based on assigned roles and licenses. Robot accounts: Used to run automated processes and have special permissions based on robot's role and automation requirements. Groups: Collections of users who share the same access, permissions, roles, and licenses. External apps: Third-party applications that interact with UiPath, each with its own permissions

User personas

The user personas that interact with Test Cloud can be categorized as administrators and non-administrators. The primary distinction between these two user categories is that admin users are mapped based on their membership in the Administrators user group, while non-admin users are mapped based on their licenses. Both personas have distinct roles and responsibilities within the platform. The following table describes the Test Cloud-specific personas, and what classifies them as a certain user persona:

Table 1. Test Cloud user personas and their main responsibilities
User persona	License
Administrator: Configure organization settings, user access controls, and oversee the efficient operation of the platform.	Administrators are not mapped based on license, but on their membership in the Administrators user group. For more information on organization administrators, visit Managing organization administrators.
Application Tester: Manages and executes tests, and handles other automated processes that contribute to the testing project management.	App Tester - Named User For more information on App Testers, visit Test Cloud licensing.
Application Test Developer: Can perform the same tasks as an Application Tester, while being able to design test automations in Studio.	App Test Developer - Named User For more information on App Test Developers, visit Test Cloud licensing.

User journeys

This section describes the general user journey for the two user persona categories in Test Cloud:

Administrators: Responsible for configuring and managing the platform settings for their organization. They have authority to define settings, create tenants, manage licenses, and configure accounts and groups. The following areas describe a common journey for admin users during the initial configuration:
1. Sign-up/sign-in: Create an account, and create your organization. Sign in to access your organization.
2. User interface: Explore the user interface.
  For more information, visit Exploring the user interface.
3. Preferences: Customize your account preferences, such as theme, language, and notifications.
  For more information on platform preferences, visit Managing user preferences.
4. Organization settings: Configure organization-specific settings and preferences.
  For more information, visit Manage organization settings and Configure authentication settings.
5. Tenants: Manage tenants to separate different business areas, such as departments, geographical locations, business units, etc.
  For more information, visit Manage tenants.
6. Services: Manage services for each tenant.
  For more information, visit Managing services.
7. Access control: Set up user accounts, groups, and permissions for efficient collaboration and access control. You can use preconfigured groups and roles for managing access and permissions. You can also create custom groups and roles.
  Create accounts, add them to groups to grant permissions, and also allocate user licenses. For more information, visit Managing accounts and groups and Managing access.
8. Licensing: Manage licensing for the entire organization, individual tenants, and users.
  For more information, visit Allocating licenses to tenants and Allocating user licenses.
Non-administrators: Non-admin users are focused on using the services surfaced in Test Cloud to accomplish their application testing tasks. The following areas describe a common user journey for non-admin users:
1. Sign-up/sign in: Sign in to access the platform via SSO.
2. User interface: Explore the user interface.
3. Preferences: Customize your account preferences, such as theme, language, and notifications.
  For more information on platform preferences, visit Managing user preferences.
4. Services/Products: Access and use services within the platform according to your role and tasks.