# Maven Project Onboarding Maven properties vs System properties

**URL:** <https://community.sonarsource.com/t/maven-project-onboarding-maven-properties-vs-system-properties/185917>\
**Category:** SonarQube Cloud\
**Tags:** maven\
**Created:** [July 15, 2026, 6:34am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/maven-project-onboarding-maven-properties-vs-system-properties/185917 "2026-07-15T06:34:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![simasch](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/simasch/32/65507_2.png) [@simasch](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/simasch)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 6:34am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/maven-project-onboarding-maven-properties-vs-system-properties/185917/1 "2026-07-15T06:34:37Z")

</div>

Why is the sonar.organization a Maven property and the sonar.projectKey a system property?

This looks silly to me because you can do both as a system property or as a Maven property.

Is there a particular reason for this?

 ![Untitled-1](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/uploads/sonarcommunity/original/3X/1/0/10a9a30ec78308f7c208ef3ad52a656cb069709b.png)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![alban.auzeill](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/alban.auzeill/32/36_2.png) [@alban.auzeill](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/alban.auzeill)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 8:46am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/maven-project-onboarding-maven-properties-vs-system-properties/185917/4 "2026-07-17T08:46:38Z")

</div>

Hi Simon,

I created [SCANMAVEN-394](https://sonarsource.atlassian.net/browse/SCANMAVEN-394) this ticket to improve the tutorial.

Thanks for your feedback,

Alban

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![simasch](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/simasch/32/65507_2.png) [@simasch](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/simasch)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 8:57am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/maven-project-onboarding-maven-properties-vs-system-properties/185917/6 "2026-07-17T08:57:52Z")

</div>

Cool!

Thank you.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/system/32/31083_2.png) [@system](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/maven-project-onboarding-maven-properties-vs-system-properties/185917/9 "2026-07-24T13:55:14Z")

</div>

Closed on July 24, 2026, 1:55pm UTC

This topic was automatically closed 7 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.