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To publish [PMD|http://pmd.sourceforge.net] report, you only need two steps:
# Generate PMD *XML* report from [Ant|http://ant.apache.org] or [Maven|http://maven.apache.org] or any other build tool.
# Add PMD report publish step by choosing _Publish -> PMD Report_ from step menu.

h2. Generate PMD Report

QuickBuild will NOT generate [PMD|http://pmd.sourceforge.net] report automatically, so first make sure the PMD report is produced by [ANT|http://ant.apache.org] or by any other build tool. The following example shows how to generate PMD XML report with [PMD Ant task|http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ant-task.html]:
{code:xml|title= CheckStyle target in build.xml}
<taskdef name="pmd" classname="net.sourceforge.pmd.ant.PMDTask"/>

<target name="pmd">
<taskdef name="pmd" classname="net.sourceforge.pmd.ant.PMDTask"/>
<pmd rulesetfiles="imports.xml,unusedcode">
<formatter type="xml" toFile="c:\pmd_report.xml"/>
<fileset dir="C:\j2sdk1.4.1_01\src\java\lang\">
<include name="**/*.java"/>
</fileset>
</pmd>
</target>
{code}

{note:title="Be Careful"}
Please don't use 'shortFileNames' attribute for PMD task, or set this attribute to false instead, otherwise QuickBuild will not open the source code correctly.
{note}

After adding the target, you can generate the XML report for your source code, and after that you can tell QuickBuild to publish the results.

h2. Publish PMD Report
Add _*Publish PMD Report*_ step to your build workflow. If you have several report sets, you can add several steps with different report set names. Reference [this page|Publish Build Reports] for more details.