Getting started
This section provides a short tour of basic product features and procedures, including using the wizard to set up a scan.
- Overview
- What's new
  This section describes new AppScan Standard product features and enhancements in this release, as well as deprecations and anticipated changes, where relevant.
  - Highlights
- System requirements
  A summary of the minimum hardware and software required for the machine that runs AppScan Standard.
- Installing
  The installation wizard guides you through the fast and simple process.
- License
  This section describes for the trial and paid versions of AppScan Standard.
- How an automatic scan works
  This topic explains the difference between the "stages" and "phases" of a scan.
- Web applications vs. web services
  This topic explains the different methods available for exploring sites, before AppScan tests them.
- Basic workflow
  A diagram showing a simple AppScan workflow using the scan configuration wizard.
- Home screen
  Describes the options available from the home screen that opens when you load AppScan.
- Tour of the main screen
  Describes the components of the AppScan main screen (Issues view), and all menus and toolbars.
- Tutorial
  This simple tutorial goes through the steps of configuring a simple application scan using the Scan Configuration wizard, running the scan, and reviewing the results.
- Sample scans
  The sample scans can help give you a feel for using AppScan and what scan results look like.

Highlights of the practical UI changes

Tasks view
- Remediation tasks are now listed in an additional column in the Issues list
- Sort into groups by clicking the column header
Menus
- Rearranged several menu items (such as Erase all scan data, which is now in the File menu), see Menubar
Configuration dialog box
- This now opens from the home page here:
- and from the navigation bar here:
View issues marked as noise
- This option is no longer a menu item, but noise can be filtered in or out of the issues list using the filter
Search
- The global search function has been replaced with separate search functions for each panel
Scan log
- Now opens from the status bar at the bottom of the screen, and works together with the other views
Getting started screen and access to demo files
- Moved to the new Learn tab on the home screen
Options dialog box
- New tab arrangement as described here
Extensions
- No longer accessed from an icon in the interface, but from the Tools menu
Test multi-step operations only
- Removed from the Scan menu
- To test multi-step operations only, clear all other Explore data and use Test only