General tab

Option	Description
Interface
Theme	Select whether the AppScan interface uses a dark or light background.
Language	Select the user interface language here. After changing this setting you will need to close and reopen AppScan for the change to take effect.
Recording and viewing browser	Select the default browser that will be used so show the Starting URL, and to browse when exploring manually. Options include the embedded AppScan Chromium browser, as well as other "external" browsers that are installed on your machine.
Application
Check for updates on startup	Enable this option to automatically check for updates every time AppScan starts. Keeping AppScan updated ensures that you have the latest features and security patches.
Automatically save during scan	Enable this option to have AppScan automatically save your work at regular intervals in minutes (1 -600) during a scan. This ensures that any progress made is not lost in case of unexpected interruptions.
AppScan documentation
Use online version (recommended)	The online version is recommended because it may have additional updates since the version was released.
Use offline version	Select offline only if you will be using AppScan without an Internet connection.
File and folder locations
Template and scan file folder	Shows the current location of the folder to which your scan and template files are saved. Click Browse to select a different location.
Log file folder	Shows the current location of the folder to which logs are saved. Click Browse to select a different location.
Noise classification file	Shows the location and name of your current Noise classification XML file. Your noise classifications are saved here and applied to all scans run on this machine. Learn more about noise. You can select a different file to import noise classifications from another machine.
Vulnerable component database
Import file	AppScan announces updates to the vulnerable components database through AppScan News. If you download the latest version from HCL FlexNet Operations Portal, you must import it here to update the vulnerable component database. Once the import is successful, you can run a scan to observe the updated results.
Clear history
Clear history	This action will clear: Starting URL suggestions based on past use Embedded browser history "Recent scan files" list "Recent templates" list
Undo dialog supression
Undo dialog supression	Clear the "Don't show this message again" option in all dialogs.

Interface

Theme

Select whether the AppScan interface uses a dark or light background.

Language

Select the user interface language here. After changing this setting you will need to close and reopen AppScan for the change to take effect.

Recording and viewing browser

Select the default browser that will be used so show the Starting URL, and to browse when exploring manually. Options include the embedded AppScan Chromium browser, as well as other "external" browsers that are installed on your machine.

Application

Check for updates on startup

Enable this option to automatically check for updates every time AppScan starts. Keeping AppScan updated ensures that you have the latest features and security patches.

Automatically save during scan

Enable this option to have AppScan automatically save your work at regular intervals in minutes (1 -600) during a scan. This ensures that any progress made is not lost in case of unexpected interruptions.

AppScan documentation

Use online version (recommended)

The online version is recommended because it may have additional updates since the version was released.

Use offline version

Select offline only if you will be using AppScan without an Internet connection.

File and folder locations

Template and scan file folder

Shows the current location of the folder to which your scan and template files are saved. Click Browse to select a different location.

Log file folder

Shows the current location of the folder to which logs are saved. Click Browse to select a different location.

Noise classification file

Shows the location and name of your current Noise classification XML file. Your noise classifications are saved here and applied to all scans run on this machine. Learn more about noise.

You can select a different file to import noise classifications from another machine.

Vulnerable component database

Import file

AppScan announces updates to the vulnerable components database through AppScan News.

If you download the latest version from HCL FlexNet Operations Portal, you must import it here to update the vulnerable component database. Once the import is successful, you can run a scan to observe the updated results.

Clear history

Clear history

This action will clear:

Starting URL suggestions based on past use
Embedded browser history
"Recent scan files" list
"Recent templates" list

Undo dialog supression

Undo dialog supression

Clear the "Don't show this message again" option in all dialogs.