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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.
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.

Welcome
Welcome to the documentation for HCL AppScan Standard version 10.8.0
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.
- HCL License
  HCL manages software downloads and licensing through the My HCLSoftware (MHS) portal.
- 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.
  - 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.
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

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.

Navigation bar showing Issues view


	Dashboard	The dashboard shows an aggregated summary of the current scan data, and updates in real time as the scan progresses. Dashboard
	Configuration	Opens the Scan Configuration dialog box with access to all configuration options. Configuration
	Data	Shows script parameters, interactive URLs, visited URLs, broken links, filtered URLs, comments, JavaScripts, and cookies from the Explore stage. Application Tree: Complete application tree. Result List: Select a filter from the pop-up list at the top of the Result List, to determine which information is displayed. Detail Pane: Filtered list of: script parameters, interactive URLs, visited URLs, broken links, filtered URLs, comments, JavaScripts, and cookies. Unlike the other two views, Application data view is available even if AppScan® has only completed the Explore stage. Use the pop-up list at the top of the Result list to filter the data. Data
	Issues	Shows the actual issues discovered, from overview level down to individual requests/responses. This is the main view. Application Tree: Complete application tree. Counters next to each item show the number of issues found for the item. Result List: Lists issues for the selected note in the application tree, and the severity of each issue. Detail Pane: Shows how to fix suggestions and request/response (including all variants used) for the issue selected in the Result List. Issues