To use Sonar in Eclipse on a project, it is required that the project has been first analyzed in a standard way by Sonar.

Setting Sonar Servers

Go to Window > Preferences > Sonar > Servers.

Sonar Eclipse is pre-configured to access a local Sonar server listening on http://localhost:9000/. You can edit this server, delete it or add a new one.

Linking Projects to Sonar Servers

Once the Sonar servers are defined, the next step is to link your Eclipse projects with projects defined and analyzed on those Sonar servers.

To do so, right-clicking on the the project in the "Package explorer", and then Configure > Associate with Sonar...:

In some cases the Eclipse project may not be automatically associated to a Sonar project. If that happens, you need to manually enter the groupId and the artifactId of the Sonar project. For instance for the following Sonar project http://nemo.sonarsource.org/dashboard/index/org.codehaus.sonar-plugins:sonar-flex-plugin, the groupId is "org.codehaus.sonar-plugins" and the artifactId is "sonar-flex-plugin".

Unlinking a Project from Sonar Server

This operation can be done by right-clicking on the the project in the "Package explorer", and then Configure > Remove Sonar Nature:

Configuring Mylin to deal with Reviews

A Sonar Mylyn connector allows to track reviews.

Creating a Sonar Task Repository

 To start using this feature, a new Sonar task repository has to be created (see the Mylyn documentation page for more information):

Validate Settings limitation Validate Settings returns Authentication credentials are valid even if you have not entered correct credentials (Username/Password). So, make sure to correctly deal with your credentials otherwise you will not be able to retrieve any review.

You new repository should now appear in the Task Repositories view:

Creating a Query

To browse the reviews, you can create as many queries as you wish:

Here's an example of a query that retrieves all the reviews assigned to you on every project:

The reviews should now appear in the Task List view:

Advanced Configuration

Severity of Sonar Markers

You can set the Severity of Sonar Markers by going to Window > Preferences > Sonar.

You are now all set with configuration and you can start using Sonar Eclipse.