Quality Profiles

Quality Profiles define the set of accessibility rules that Level CI applies during scans. When you configure a Quality Profile, you control which rules evaluate your project. This ensures scan results are relevant to the standards your organization must meet.

Quality Profiles work directly with Quality Gates. When you assign a Quality Profile to a Quality Gate, only the rules in that profile generate issues during scans.

On this page:

• Standard Quality Profiles
• Custom Quality Profiles
• Navigate to Quality Profiles
• View Quality Profile details
• Create a custom Quality Profile
• Edit a custom Quality Profile
• Set a default Quality Profile
• Delete a custom Quality Profile
• Link a Quality Profile to a Quality Gate
• How Quality Profiles affect scan results
• View all issues
• Permissions

Standard Quality Profiles

Level CI includes four predefined (standard) Quality Profiles. You can't edit or delete standard profiles.

Quality Profile	Description
WCAG A	Minimum accessibility requirements for essential usability.
WCAG AA	Standard level that ensures broad accessibility and legal compliance. Includes WCAG A rules.
WCAG AAA	Highest accessibility level, addressing specialized user needs. Includes WCAG A and AA rules.
All Rules	Full rule set across all available accessibility rules.

Please note: Conformance levels are hierarchical. WCAG AA includes all Level A rules plus AA-specific rules. WCAG AAA includes all Level A, AA, and AAA rules.

Custom Quality Profiles

You can create custom Quality Profiles tailored to your organization's specific requirements. With custom profiles, you can:

• Select or deselect individual rules.

• Define a rule set aligned to specific regional regulations or internal standards.

• Set a custom profile as the organization default.

Custom Quality Profiles belong to the organization that created them.

Navigate to Quality Profiles

1. Log in to Level CI.

2. From the main navigation menu, select Quality Profiles.

3. The Quality Profiles page displays all available profiles in a tile layout.

Each tile shows:

• Profile name

• Associated Quality Gates

• Date last modified

• Number of rules in the profile

• Default label (if applicable)

Profiles are paginated when the total exceeds the page limit.

View Quality Profile details

1. Navigate to the Quality Profiles page.

2. Select a profile tile to open the profile details page.

The details page displays:

• Active Rules – Number of enabled rules

• Inactive Rules – Number of disabled rules (custom profiles only)

• All Rules – Total number of rules available

Each rule entry shows:

• Rule ID

• Rule description

• WCAG criteria mapping

• Standard (for example, WCAG 2.0 A, 2.1 AA)

• Severity (for example, Critical, High)

Filter rules

Use the filter options on the details page to narrow the rule list by:

• Severity

• Conformance level

• Standard

• Criteria

Select Clear to reset all filters and display the full rule list.

Create a custom Quality Profile

1. Navigate to the Quality Profiles page.

2. Select Create Quality Profile.

3. Enter a name for the profile.

4. Select the rules to include. Use filters to find specific rules.

5. Select Save.

The new profile appears on the Quality Profiles page. You can now assign it to a Quality Gate.

Pleae note: Creating a Quality Profile requires management permissions. Users with view-only permissions can't create profiles.

Edit a custom Quality Profile

Edit the profile name

1. Navigate to the Quality Profiles page.

2. Select the three-dot menu (⋯) on the custom profile tile.

3. Select Edit Name.

4. Enter the updated name and confirm.

Edit rules

1. Open the custom profile details page.

2. Select or deselect rule checkboxes to add or remove rules.

3. The active rule count updates as you make changes.

4. Select Save to apply changes.

If you try to leave the page with unsaved changes, you'll see a prompt to save or discard.

Please note: You can't edit standard profiles (WCAG A, AA, AAA, All Rules). Checkboxes are disabled and no editing actions are available for standard profiles.

Set a default Quality Profile

One Quality Profile must always be set as the default. The default profile is used when no explicit profile is selected for a Quality Gate.

1. Navigate to the Quality Profiles page.

2. Select the three-dot menu (⋯) on the profile you want to set as default.

3. Select Set as Default.

The selected profile is marked with a "Default" label. The previous default profile is unset.

Delete a custom Quality Profile

1. Navigate to the Quality Profiles page.

2. Select the three-dot menu (⋯) on the custom profile tile.

3. Select Delete.

4. Confirm the deletion in the confirmation modal.

Restrictions on deletion

• You can't delete standard profiles.

• If you try to delete the current default profile, a modal asks you to select another profile as the new default before proceeding.

• If the profile is assigned to one or more Quality Gates, the delete action is disabled. Remove the association from the Quality Gate first.

Link a Quality Profile to a Quality Gate

You assign Quality Profiles through the Quality Gates configuration.

1. Navigate to the Quality Gates tab.

2. Create a new Quality Gate or edit an existing one.

3. In the Quality Profile drop-down, select the profile to associate.

4. Save the Quality Gate.

The default Quality Profile is pre-selected when you create a new Quality Gate. A link to the Quality Profiles page is available from the Quality Gate details for easy navigation.

How Quality Profiles affect scan results

When a scan runs, only rules in the selected Quality Profile generate issues. Issues from rules not in the active profile are automatically resolved with an "Ignored" resolution.

Automatic recalculation on Quality Profile changes

When the active Quality Profile changes, the system automatically recalculates existing scan results:

• Issues removed from the active profile: Status remains Open, but the resolution is set to "Ignored." An activity entry is logged: "Ignored due to change to Quality Profile '[Profile Name]'"

• Issues reintroduced by the new profile: The "Ignored" resolution is removed and the issue status transitions back to Open. An activity entry is logged: "Reopened due to change to Quality Profile '[Profile Name]'"

Ignored issues

• You can't manually reopen issues with the "Ignored" resolution.

• The status change control is disabled for Ignored issues.

• Issues stay in the Ignored state until a subsequent Quality Profile change reintroduces the relevant rule.

 

Permissions

Quality Profile actions depend on your permissions:

Action	Required permission
View Quality Profiles	view_projects
Create Quality Profile	Management permissions
Edit custom Quality Profile	Management permissions
Delete custom Quality Profile	Management permissions
Set default Quality Profile	Management permissions

Users with view-only permissions can browse Quality Profiles and navigate to linked Quality Gates. However, they can't create, edit, or delete profiles. Management CTAs are disabled for unauthorized users.