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.
  - Wizard: Web API scan
    Lists the steps of this wizard.
    - Client
      Select your recording client type, and if needed configure proxy port and IP.
    - Connection Settings
      (Optional:) Configure proxy settings and server-level authentication if needed.
    - API Type
      Specifying the type of API (and adding the description file if relevant), can improve coverage by better configuring parameters, before you start your manual explore.
    - Login Management
      Record the login procedure.
    - 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
      AppScan is now configured as a recording proxy for your device to send requests to the application. You are now ready to start your Manual Explore of the application.
  - 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: Web API scan

Lists the steps of this wizard.

On the home screen, in the Start new scan area, click Web API.

The wizard opens with the following steps: