# Retrieving projects

You can view any public project. You can view a private project of your organization provided you have the corresponding permission.

## Retrieving any public or private project <a href="#any-project" id="any-project"></a>

In the top right corner, select the magnifier icon. The **Search for projects…** box is displayed along with a list of pre-selected projects. The project name (1) is followed by the respective organization name (2). The yellow star (3) indicates that the project belongs to your favorite projects.

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You can enter a part of the project name in the box to filter the search and select the project in the list. The project’s Overview page opens.

## Retrieving the projects of your organization <a href="#organization-projects" id="organization-projects"></a>

1. Retrieve your organization. See [viewing-organizations](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/getting-started/viewing-organizations "mention") for details.
2. Go to **Projects**.
3. Use **Filters** to narrow down your results.
4. Use the search box to search projects by name.
5. Filter the results by Perspective (Overall Status, New Code)
6. Sort the results by **Name**, **Last analysis**, **Reliability**, **Security**, or **Maintainability**.
7. Click the project name hyperlink to open the project Overview page.

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## Retrieving your favorite projects <a href="#your-projects" id="your-projects"></a>

To mark a project as favorite, see the instructions on the [managing-your-project-as-developer](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/managing-your-projects/managing-your-project-as-developer "mention") page.

To retrieve your favorite projects:

1. In the top navigation bar, select **My Projects**. Your favorite projects are listed on the page.
2. In the left sidebar, you can define filter conditions.
3. Above the list, you can use the search box to search by project name.
4. Click the project name hyperlink to open the project.

## Project Overview page

Once you retrieve a project, the project Overview page opens, displaying the **Project health dashboard**, a built-in Sonar dashboard available in all plans. Custom dashboards and other built-in dashboard views are available in the [Enterprise](https://www.sonarsource.com/plans-and-pricing/sonarcloud/) plan.

The page includes the following:

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1. Project's avatar and name.
2. Project's navigation bar.
3. Project's information bar with:
   1. Project visibility: **Public** or **Private**. See [projects](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/administering-sonarcloud/about-sonarqube-cloud-solution/resources-structure/projects "mention") for more information.
   2. **Tags**: The tags assigned to your project.
   3. **Lines of Code** (LOC): The LOC used by the project. Click on the **i** icon to reveal a tooltip with the breakdown by languages.
   4. **Last analysis**: Show the amount of time that has passed since the last project analysis.
4. **Downloadable reports**, **View on ( DevOps platform)** and **Star** buttons:
   1. **Downloadable reports** are available in the [Enterprise](https://www.sonarsource.com/plans-and-pricing/sonarcloud/) plan. Click on the button to view available reports. See [viewing-enterprise-reports](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/getting-started-with-enterprise/viewing-enterprise-reports "mention") for more information.
   2. The **View on (DevOps platform)** button, for example, **View on Github** if your organization is linked to a DevOps platform. Click on it to navigate to your project's repository. See [binding-with-dop](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/administering-sonarcloud/about-sonarqube-cloud-solution/resources-structure/binding-with-dop "mention") for more information.
   3. The **Star** button indicates whether the project belongs to your favorite projects.
5. The **Project health dashboard** is featured by default in all plans, however, the **View all dashboards** button is only visible in the [Enterprise](https://www.sonarsource.com/plans-and-pricing/sonarcloud/) plan.

### Project health dashboard

The Project health dashboard is a Sonar built-in dashboard that displays key measures related to your project’s health helping you explore trends and risk breakdowns. The measures display information for overall code.

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* **Quality Gate status**: Click *All conditions passed* or *(number) conditions failed* to navigate to the Summary page for more details.
* **Open issues**: Click on the number to review open issues.
* **Duplications**: Click on the percentage change link to open the Activity page.
* **Coverage**: Click on the percentage change link to open the Activity page.

**Security snapshot:**

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* **Security rating**: Hover over the rating for a tooltip with additional information.
* **Security issues**: Click on the number to review security issues. Click on the percentage change link to open the Activity page.
* **Security issues by severity**: Click on the pie slices or the legend items to review the issues.

**Security Hotspot snapshot:**

<figure><img src="https://2223713658-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FB4UT2GNiZKjtxFtcFAL7%2Fuploads%2FtsVTlTTH146RWjDWHfBc%2Fproject-oveview-healthdash-security-hotspot.png?alt=media&#x26;token=b2b7082a-ebca-46a5-8fa5-d1f1859e0f03" alt="Security Hotspot snapshot"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

* **Security review rating**: Hover over the rating for a tooltip with additional information.
* **Security Hotspots**: Click on the number to review security hotspots. Click on the percentage change link to open the Activity page.
* **Security Hotspots by review status**: Click on the pie slices or the legend items to review the security hotspots.

**Reliability snapshot:**

<figure><img src="https://2223713658-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FB4UT2GNiZKjtxFtcFAL7%2Fuploads%2Fi6NzIbgRMWDRcDEN6uo4%2Fproject-oveview-healthdash-reliability.png?alt=media&#x26;token=49e8adfc-ec1f-4fe4-ac35-1f937bd811c7" alt="Reliability snapshot"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

* **Reliability rating**: Hover over the rating for a tooltip with additional information.
* **Reliability issues**: Click on the number to review reliability issues. Click on the percentage change link to open the Activity page.
* **Reliability issues by severity**: Click on the pie slices or the legend items to review the issues.

**Maintainability snapshot:**

<figure><img src="https://2223713658-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FB4UT2GNiZKjtxFtcFAL7%2Fuploads%2FrtONtkgpoy9ZK9nziIU5%2Fproject-oveview-healthdash-maintainability.png?alt=media&#x26;token=fda5fd0e-f00e-49f7-8fe9-97861f29c9ff" alt="Maintainability snapshot"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

* **Maintainability rating**: Hover over the rating for a tooltip with additional information.
* **Maintainability issues**: Click on the number to review reliability issues. Click on the percentage change link to open the Activity page.
* **Maintainability issues**: Hover over the line chart to reveal a tooltip with additional information.

See [metric-definitions](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/managing-your-projects/metric-definitions "mention") for more information about measures used in the Project health dashboard.

## Viewing and copying project information <a href="#viewing-project-information" id="viewing-project-information"></a>

1. Retrieve your project.
2. Go to **Project Information** in the left side navigation.

The **Information** page displays:

* The quality gate currently being used for your project.
* The quality profiles currently being used for your project. If the project contains multiple languages, the profile for each language is shown.
* The project and organization keys; you can copy them for pasting.
* The last analysis method: the method used for this project’s most recent analysis. If the last analysis was done by automatic analysis, this section will display *Analyzed by SonarQube Cloud*. If the last analysis was done by CI-based analysis, the CI system used will be indicated.

See these articles for tasks you can complete while on the Information page:

* [#subscribing-to-notifications](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/managing-your-project-as-developer#subscribing-to-notifications "mention")
* [#using-project-badge](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/managing-your-project-as-developer#using-project-badge "mention")

## Exploring open-source projects <a href="#any-public-project" id="any-public-project"></a>

To explore open-source projects:

* Select **Explore** in the top navigation bar of the SonarQube Cloud UI.
* Or go to `sonarcloud.io/explore/projects` (in the EU region) or `sonarqube.us/explore/projects` (in the US region).

## Related pages:

* [project-analysis](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/managing-your-projects/project-analysis "mention")
* [managing-your-project-as-developer](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/managing-your-projects/managing-your-project-as-developer "mention")
* [administering-your-projects](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/managing-your-projects/administering-your-projects "mention")