Welcome
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.
Dashboard
The dashboard shows a summary of the scan's configuration, status, data, and results.

Welcome
Welcome to the documentation for HCL AppScan Standard version 10.11.0
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 outlines the latest features, enhancements, fixes, important upcoming changes as well as deprecations across recent versions of AppScan Standard. Stay informed about the advancements that help you maintain a strong security posture.
- 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.
Intelligent Finding Analytics (IFA)
Intelligent Finding Analytics (IFA) uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to analyze data, discover patterns, and make predictions, ultimately transforming data into actionable insights. IFA goes beyond regular data analysis by using advanced methods to find deeper meanings and make smart decisions.
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

Dashboard

The dashboard shows a summary of the scan's configuration, status, data, and results.

Dashboard sections

The following table describes the main areas of the dashboard.

Table 1. Dashboard overview
Section/Menu item	What it shows/Function	Typical actions
Scan summary	High-level scan information: scan name, target, status (running/completed), start time, and duration.	Verify you are scanning the correct target and confirm the current state of the scan.
Issue summary	Vulnerabilities found, grouped by severity (for example, Critical, High, Medium, Low, Informational).	Drill down into issues by severity to review details, evidence, and remediation guidance.
Explore data	Key indicators such as total pages, parameters, forms, and requests explored and tested.	Identify gaps; refine scan scope, add exclusions/inclusions, or extend authentication.
Unexplored domains	Domains that AppScan discovered but has not explored.	Add newly discovered unexplored domains to your scan configuration and restart a full scan to explore them.