Create an application profile

You must create an application profile before you can submit a scan to Veracode.

You can also create an application profile with the Applications API.

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If a third party submits the scans for your organization, see Request a third-party application scan for instructions on creating an application.

Before you begin:

You must have the Creator or Security Lead role.

To complete this task:

1. In the Veracode Platform, select My Portfolio > Applications.

2. Select Add New Application.

3. Enter a name for the application.

4. Optionally, enter a description.

5. If you want to define the default policy for the application, select the business criticality that reflects its importance to your organization. You can change this value later by editing the profile.

6. If you don't want to use the default policy, select a different policy from the dropdown menu.

7. If the business unit that manages this application already exists, select it from the menu. If not, ask an Administrator must add it.

8. If you belong to any teams, select Edit below the list of teams to specify which teams can access the application.

9. Enter the name and email address of the business owner. The business owner is the person responsible for managing the application and who receives all email notifications about the application.

10. Select your application settings. The available settings vary depending on your role, account settings, and Veracode subscription.

    • For Static Scan Dependencies, select whether you can select dependent modules as top-level modules when configuring a static scan.
    • For Software Composition Analysis, select whether to enable Veracode Software Composition Analysis scans of this application.
    • For Next-Day Consultations, select whether you can schedule next-day consultation calls with Veracode for this application.

11. If you want to use tags to organize the application profile, enter comma-separated values in the Tags field.

12. If you want to set a custom name for the application in the Archer data feed, enter an Archer application name.

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    This field is only available to Security Leads.

13. Enter values for up to 25 custom fields to add any other metadata on which you want to track or analyze this application.

14. Select Submit.