Retrieving projects

This page describes how to retrieve and view projects in SonarQube Cloud.

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

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.

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

1. Retrieve your organization:

   1. Select your account menu in the top right corner of the SonarQube Cloud interface.

   2. In the menu, under My Organizations, select your organization. The organization’s Projects page opens.

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.

Retrieving your favorite projects

To mark a project as favorite, see the instructions on the Managing your project as a developer 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 plan.

The page includes the following:

1. Project's avatar and name.

2. Project's navigation bar.

3. Project's information bar with:

   1. Project visibility: Public or Private. See Organization's projects 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 plan. Click on the button to view available reports. See Viewing the enterprise reports 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 the DevOps platform 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 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.

• 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:

• 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:

• 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:

• 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:

• 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 Understanding measures and metrics for more information about measures used in the Project health dashboard.

Viewing and copying project information

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 on project events

• Using a project badge

Exploring open-source projects

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:

• Setting up project analysis

• Managing your project as a developer

• Administering your project