Create and manage workspaces

Workspaces are central to your use of Tosca. This topic explains key concepts and helps you get started, whether you’re working on your own or as part of a team.

Key concepts

Let's go through a few key concepts that will help you better understand your tasks.

Workspace

Your work environment in Tosca is called a workspace. It consists of various sections where you plan, create, and run your tests. You can create two types of workspaces: single-user and multi-user.

Single-user environment

A single-user environment is an environment where only one person needs access to test assets and data. To work in it, you'll create a single-user workspace.

You don't need to prepare anything for single-user workspaces. Tosca automatically creates a local database for your test assets and data.

Multi-user environment

A multi-user environment is an environment where multiple people need access to the same test assets and data. To work in it, your team will create multi-user workspaces, one workspace per user and machine.

All workspaces connect to one common repository. A check-in/check-out mechanism ensures that users don't overwrite each others changes. This type of environment allows your team to collaborate and share test assets without having to manually pass information back and forth.

By the way, even in multi-user environments, testers can still create private, single-user workspaces to run experiments or test ideas.

Repository

In multi-user environments, the repository is a database that stores all test assets and data. This database isn't part of the Tricentis Tosca installation. You need to host and prepare it on your end.

Get started

Decide whether you’ll use a single-user or multi-user environment.

Single-user

There’s nothing to prepare. You can go ahead and create your first single-user workspace.

Multi-user

Your next steps depend on your role:

Get to know your workspace

No matter if it's a single-user or multi-user workspace, get to know your workspace.