Tools menu

Provides various reporting and customization tools, including the HCL PowerTools.


Command	Click to:
Create Report	Create a report of the current scan. See Reports
Manual Test	Create and send a test variant manually to a selected URL. See Manual tests
Generate All Issue Information	(This option is active only if there are scan results:) Generates/updates Issue Information in the Issue Information tab for all issues. See Issue Information tab. Tip: To generate Issue Information for a specific result only, right-click the result in the Result pane, and select Generate Issue Information.
Scan Scheduler	Set time and frequency for automatic run of a scan.
User-Defined Tests	Define new tests for scans. See User-Defined Tests
Extensions >
Web Services Wizard (Open API)	Open the wizard to configure a web services scan based on one or more Open API (v2 and v3) description files (JSON or YAML). See Web Services Wizard
Start Pyscan	Open Pyscan to control AppScan® using the Python interface. See Pyscan
Extension Manager	Open Extension Manager to manage add-on applications. See Extension Manager
PowerTools >
Authentication Tester	Run Authentication Tester PowerTool to brute-force authentication tests.
Connection Test	Run Connection Test PowerTool to ping websites without using the ping protocol (which is blocked by many firewalls).
EncodeDecode	Run EncodeDecode PowerTool for string encoding/decoding between various formats.
ExpressionTest	Run ExpressionTest PowerTool to check regular expressions.
HTTP Request Editor	Run HTTP Request Editor PowerTool to edit and send HTTP requests, and view site responses.
External Tools...	Click to open a dialog box from which you can: Adjust the order of the PowerTools on the Tools menu Add additional external programs that can be opened from the Tools menu
Options	Customize AppScan operations. See Options dialog box