Run a scan

During a scan, computer automation scans your website at the code level to identify potential accessibility issues. You can run scans any time in the platform or set up monitoring to run regularly scheduled scans.

On this page:

• Restrictions
• Run a basic scan using a URL
• Run a basic scan using pages
• Run an advanced scan
• Re-run a scan

Restrictions

There are a few types of webpages that you can't scan or monitor using the Level Access Platform. These include:

• Webpages protected by a VPN
  • To test VPN-protected pages, use one of our browser extensions or developer tools.
• Single page applications
• .aspx webpages

Run a basic scan using a URL

Running a basic scan is a fast way to gather accessibility information about a single webpage on a standard desktop viewport (1920 x 1080 px). You can run basic scans only on webpages that are publicly available and don’t require a login to access.

To run a basic scan:

1. Go to Websites/apps.
2. Select the website you'd like to scan.
3. Choose Scans.
4. Select Run scan.
5. On the Basic tab, enter the URL of the single webpage you want to scan. Note that you can only scan webpages from the available domains associated with your website.
6. Choose a scan tag.
7. Choose the accessibility conformance level.
8. Select Run scan. The slide-out panel will automatically redirect to Add page.

If you want to add the page to your page repository:

1. Enter the page title.
2. Optional:
   1. Enter a description.
   2. Upload a screenshot.
3. Select Add page.

If you don't want to add the page to your page repository:

• Select Close.

Run a basic scan using pages

You can run a basic scan using any page from your page repository rather than entering the page URL. 

To run a basic scan:

1. Go to Websites/apps.
2. Select the website you'd like to scan.
3. Choose Scans.
4. Select Run scan.
5. On the Basic tab, select Select page.
6. Choose the page you want to scan.
7. Select select page.
8. Choose a scan tag.
9. Choose the accessibility conformance level.
10. Select Run scan.

Run an advanced scan

Run an advanced scan to check multiple webpages at once, customize your scan options, or check pages with login or other security requirements.

PDF Discovery is only available for the single page and crawl scan options.

To run an advanced scan:

1. Go to Websites/apps.
2. Select the website you'd like to scan.
3. Choose Scans.
4. Select Run scan.
5. Choose the Advanced tab.
6. Enter a scan title.
7. Fill in the remaining fields. Learn more about advanced scanning options.
8. Select Run scan.

Re-run a scan

Re-running a scan speeds up the testing process by reusing the scan options. You can re-run scans from the Scans page and Overview page.

To re-run a scan from the Scans page:

1. Go to Websites/apps.
2. Select the website you'd like to scan.
3. Choose Scans.
4. Find the scan you want to re-run in the scans list.
5. Select the three-dot action menu and choose Re-run scan.

To re-run a scan from the Overview:

1. Go to Websites/apps.
2. Select the website you'd like to scan.
3. From the Overview, find the scan you want to re-run in Scan history.
4. Select Re-run scan.