# How to have plugin behaving like "mvn sonar:sonar"?

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**Category:** IntelliJ Platform\
**Created:** [June 24, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/how-to-have-plugin-behaving-like-mvn-sonar-sonar/184015 "2026-06-24T17:28:01Z")\
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Hey @Mumeii, you’re right: SonarQube for IDE doesn’t read properties from `pom.xml` or similar configuration sources. To have the same configuration, you mainly have 2 options:

1. In connected mode, move the properties you have in `pom.xml` to the SonarQube Cloud-side, per-project UI configuration (Analysis Scope / File Exclusions in project settings). The IDE extension downloads these settings via the project binding.
2. In standalone mode (not bound), copy the properties you have in `pom.xml` in the SonarQube for IDE settings.

This has been discussed in the past, see for example this thread: [[Intellij Sonarlint plugin] Respect pom.xml configurations](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/intellij-sonarlint-plugin-respect-pom-xml-configurations/130171) .

I will nonetheless flag this for the PMs so that they are aware of your feedback, it’s important for us to hear how this is a source of friction for you.

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