Configuration
You configure a scan by choosing settings that best describe your application, and the kind of testing you want.
- Scan Configuration Wizards
  You can quickly configure basic scans using the wizards.
  - Launching the Scan Configuration Wizard
  - Wizard: Scan web application
    Lists the steps of this wizard.
    - URL and Servers
      Define the starting URL for the scan and any additional servers and domains that need to be included.
    - Connection Settings
      (Optional:) Configure proxy settings and server-level authentication if needed.
    - Login Management
      Configure the login method, and record the login procedure if needed.
    - Login Management Details
      (Optional:) Review and edit the login sequence you recorded.
    - Test Policy
      Limiting the scan to the specific types of tests you want can reduce scan time.
    - Test Optimization
      Test Optimization lets you take advantage of our ongoing statistical analysis for a faster scan.
    - Complete
      Having completed the steps of the wizard, you now decide how and when to start the scan that you have configured.
  - Wizard: Web API scan
    Lists the steps of this wizard.
  - Wizard: Incremental scan
    Lists the steps of this wizard.
- Scan Configuration Dialog Box
- Scan using a Postman Collection
  If you have a Postman Collection of requests to your web API, you can import it and use it as the basis for a scan.
- Scan file structure
  Explains the basic structure of an AppScan Standard SCAN file.
- Scan templates
  A scan template is simply a scan configuration that has been saved so that you can use it again.
- Changing the configuration during a scan

Wizard: Scan web application

Lists the steps of this wizard.

From the home screen, Start new scan area, click Web application.

The wizard opens, with the following steps: