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Getting started
This section provides a short tour of basic product features and procedures, including using the wizard to set up a scan.
Home screen
Describes the options available from the home screen that opens when you load AppScan Standard.

Welcome
Welcome to the documentation for HCL AppScan Standard version 10.7.0
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.
- Exploration methods for web applications and APIs
  This topic explains the different methods available for exploring sites, before AppScan tests them.
- Web application automatic scan workflow
  Provides a simple workflow of an automatic scan of a web application.
- Web API automatic scan workflow
  Provides a simple workflow of an automatic scan of a web API.
- Home screen
  Describes the options available from the home screen that opens when you load AppScan Standard.
- Tour of the main screens
  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 files
  The sample files can help give you a feel for using AppScan and what scan results look like.
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.
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
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

Home screen

Describes the options available from the home screen that opens when you load AppScan Standard.

The home screen opens when you start, and makes the scan setup process easier.

Image of Homescreen

Table 1. Home screen options
Area	Function
Configure new scan	Opens the Configuration view with the selected presets for the following type of scans: Web application scan: Configure Starting URL and domains, Login management, and Test policy and optimization, and start your scan. API scan: Configure API type and explore method (optionally add a Postman Collection file), Login management, and Test policy and optimization, and start your scan.
Open file	Lets you open a saved scan. The options are: From computer Open a .scan or .scant file from your machine. Import explore data Import a Manual Explore procedure that you previously saved, to use as part of a new scan. See Importing Manual Explore data From AppScan on Cloud Create a scan in AppScan on Cloud (ASoC) using an AppScan Standard scan or template file (scan or scant). You can also upload the scan results to view them there. Note: You will need to connect to ASoC with your Key ID and Key Secret. Note: Scans created using the ASoC Free Trial cannot be imported Note: The file is downloaded to the AppScan Standard machine, and changes you make will not be made to the source scan file in ASoC. From AppScan 360° Create a scan in AppScan 360° using an AppScan Standard scan configuration file . You can also upload the scan results to view them there. Note: AppScan must have access to your AppScan 360° server instance: `https://[AppScan 360° Server]`. From AppScan Enterprise Create a scan in AppScan Enterprise (ASE) using an AppScan Standard scan or template file (scan or scant). You can also upload the scan results to view them there. Note: You will need to connect to ASE. Choose: Log in with Username and Password, or Log in with client-side certificate or smart card Note: The file is downloaded to the AppScan Standard machine, and changes you make will not be made to the source scan file in ASE.
Recent templates	A template is a saved scan configuratin. This area lists your recently opened scan templates, so you can open them directly to use as the basis for configuring a new scan.
Recent scans	Lists recently opened scans and their basic details, so you can open them directly.