# Sonar-project.properties not being picked up

**URL:** <https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonar-project-properties-not-being-picked-up/21990>\
**Category:** SonarQube Server / Community Build\
**Tags:** sonarqube, scanner\
**Created:** [March 23, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonar-project-properties-not-being-picked-up/21990 "2020-03-23T18:41:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![BojackCodeman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BojackCodeman](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/BojackCodeman)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonar-project-properties-not-being-picked-up/21990/1 "2020-03-23T18:41:08Z")

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Must-share information (formatted with [Markdown](https://commonmark.org/help/)):

- which versions are you using (SonarQube, Scanner, Plugin, and any relevant extension)  
SonarQube 7.6, Scanner 4.7.1.2311 for MSBuild
- what are you trying to achieve  
I am trying to include my settings in the sonar-project.properties file in the root of my solution.
- what have you tried so far to achieve this  
I am adding the `sonar.projectKey` variable to my sonar-project.properties file, but when I run the scanner I get the following error:

> A required argument is missing: /key:[SonarQube project key]

The contents of my sonar-project.properties file are:

> sonar.projectKey=my-test-project

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**Author:** ![ganncamp](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/ganncamp/32/1261_2.png) [@ganncamp](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/ganncamp)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 12:06pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonar-project-properties-not-being-picked-up/21990/2 "2020-03-24T12:06:36Z")

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Hi,

What’s your analysis command, from what directory do you execute it, and is your `sonar-project.properties` (the name is case sensitive) located in that directory?

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Ann

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**Author:** ![BojackCodeman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BojackCodeman](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/BojackCodeman)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 9:54am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonar-project-properties-not-being-picked-up/21990/3 "2020-04-13T09:54:06Z")

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Hi Ann,

Sorry for a delayed reply. Apparently Scanner for MSBuild is using a different format of properties file - `SonarQube.Analysis.xml`. It is extremely confusing to have config files in different formats for different scanners. Especially when looking for a way to specify something in the config file.

Do you happen to know if there is a way to submit an enhancement request to the SonarQube team?

Bo

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**Author:** ![ganncamp](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/ganncamp/32/1261_2.png) [@ganncamp](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/ganncamp)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonar-project-properties-not-being-picked-up/21990/4 "2020-04-13T12:35:29Z")

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Hi Bo,

Feel free to start a new thread in the 'Suggest new features` category.

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Ann