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.
- 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 application vs. web API
  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 screens
  Describes the components of the AppScan main screen (Issues view), and all menus and toolbars.
  - Navigation bar
    The navigation bar on the left side of the screen toggles you between the main steps used in a typical workflow. It can be collapsed to allow more space for data display.
  - Dashboard
    The dashboard shows a summary of the scan's configuration, status, data and results.
  - Application tree
  - Result list
  - Details pane
    This pane shows details of the item selected in the Result List.
  - Scan progress panel
  - Status bar
    The Status Bar at the bottom of the main window shows information for the scan that is currently running or loaded, and gives you access to the AppScan log and any notifications.
- 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 files
  The sample files can help give you a feel for using AppScan and what scan results look like.

Result list

The results of the scan on your web application are displayed in the Result List. The total number of issues and variants appears at the top of the list.

The total number of security issues (at the top of the Result List) is a measure of the vulnerable locations in the site, and depends in part on how site is structured. If you define a content-based structure, the total number of issues in the application tree may not be the same as it is for the URL-based application tree (for the same results). When site structure is content-based (rather than URL-based), and content-based view is configured correctly, the issue count in content-based view represents more accurately the number of "vulnerable locations" that exist in the site. The total number of variants (at the top of the Result List in parentheses) is independent of site structure, and does not change between content-based and URL-based views.