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.

You can't run a scan or monitor pages protected by a VPN. To test VPN-protected pages, use our browser extension or developer tools.

On this page:

• Run a basic scan
• Run an advanced scan
• Re-run a scan

Run a basic scan

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.

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 Dashboard page.

To re-run an automated 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. From the three-dot action menu, choose Re-run scan.

To re-run an automated scan from the Dashboard:

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 Automated scan history.
4. Select Re-run scan.