How Do I Define Imported Maven Project in Intellij

Question

I have opened an existing Maven project in Intellij. Under "Project Structure -> Artifacts" the pane is empty. When I click the + sign to add one, it chooses "unnamed.war".

How can I get it to generate the artifactId and version as defined in the pom? I must be missing a step here.

Answer 1

It is important to understand how you created the project. Did you choose "Import project from external model"? If you simply opened an IntelliJ project that someone else created, then I would suggest creating a new project using the "Import project from external model" as this should properly build your dependencies and outputs correctly.