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Manual exploring
Manual exploring enables you to explore specific parts of your application, filling in fields and forms as you go. This can be a way of ensuring that particular areas of the site are covered, and that AppScan has the information needed to complete forms correctly.
Using a browser
For web applications, you can usually use the build-in Chromium browser for manual exploring. Where necessary an external browser can be used.
Recording with a browser
Describes recording Manual Explore data with a browser.
Working with the Manual Explore sequence
Reviewing and editing and exporting the sequence.

Welcome
Welcome to the documentation for HCL AppScan Standard version 10.4.0
Getting started
This section provides a short tour of basic product features and procedures, including using the wizard to set up a scan.
Configuration
You configure a scan by choosing settings that best describe your application, and the kind of testing you want.
Manual exploring
Manual exploring enables you to explore specific parts of your application, filling in fields and forms as you go. This can be a way of ensuring that particular areas of the site are covered, and that AppScan has the information needed to complete forms correctly.
- Using a browser
  For web applications, you can usually use the build-in Chromium browser for manual exploring. Where necessary an external browser can be used.
  - Recording with a browser
    Describes recording Manual Explore data with a browser.
    - Working with the Manual Explore sequence
      Reviewing and editing and exporting the sequence.
    - Add automatically detected form parameters
  - Exporting Manual Explore data
    Standard procedures can be "recorded" in the form of a Manual Explore, and then imported to future scans.
  - Importing Manual Explore data
    If you have saved a standard procedures in the form of a Manual Explore, you can import it to another scan to test it again, even on a different server.
  - Recording with an external browser
    You can set AppScan to act as a proxy server and then manually explore your application using a third part browsing utility. In this mode of operation, AppScan records the HTTP/HTTPS traffic going through it, analyzes it, and creates the appropriate tests.
- Using an external client
  You can manually explore RESTful or other non-SOAP web APIs - or SOAP APIs that do not require security envelopes - using a mobile phone, simulator, or emulator. AppScan displays the domains and requests in its External Traffic Recorder, and create appropriate tests from the input.
Scanning
Learn how to start a scan, and what happens during the scan; how to manually manipulate the Explore stage, and how to export the results of a scan.
Data
Data view is populated with information about the structure of the site during the Explore stage of the scan.
Issues
Issues view provides access to the results of a scan. You can view results at a high level or select specific tests or objects and access more details. These details include how to fix, requests/responses, and differences between the test variants that resulted in issues. You can manipulate the severity of issues, resend tests (with or without modifications), and create reports based on Issues.
Reports
This section describes how to generate reports from the scan results.
Tools
This section explains how to use additional tools provided with HCL AppScan Standard.
Integrations
This section describes integrations of other applications with AppScan Standard:
Best practices
This section contains some best practices and use cases for advanced users.
FAQ & Troubleshooting
CLI
This section describes the syntax and options available using the Command line interface.
References
Menus and toolbar summaries, and glossary

Working with the Manual Explore sequence

Reviewing and editing and exporting the sequence.

About this task

Procedure

You can delete any unwanted steps (links) in the sequence by selecting the link and clicking .
Review the list.
If the Manual Explore performed is a standard procedure for the site, you may want to save it for use in future scans. For details see Exporting Manual Explore data.

If you filled HTML forms during the Manual Explore, AppScan determines which information can be added to the Automatic Form Filler settings. If applicable input is found a message appears in the lower half of the dialog-box, and the radio buttons are activated:
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[n] new form parameters were detected. Add to Automatic Form Fill?
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- If you want all your recorded input to be added to the Automatic Form Filler, click Add All. Your input is added automatically to the Form Filler information.
- If you do not want your recorded input to be saved, click Add None. Even if it is not permanently saved, your manual input has already been applied.
- If you want to add only selected parameters and values, click Add selected parameters, and then click Select. The Add Auto Detected Form Parameters dialog box appears (see Add automatically detected form parameters).
Click OK.

AppScan creates the test requests of your Manual Explore. This may take a few moments.