# Mvn package does not produce the .modl file when running on example code **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition80\ **Created:** [July 10, 2020, 3:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mvn-package-does-not-produce-the-modl-file-when-running-on-example-code/36563 "2020-07-10T03:23:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rshah18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ea924/32.png) [@rshah18](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rshah18)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 3:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mvn-package-does-not-produce-the-modl-file-when-running-on-example-code/36563/1 "2020-07-10T03:23:14Z")
mvn package does not produce the .modl file when running on example code it did produce the 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar and build successfully ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mvn-package-does-not-produce-the-modl-file-when-running-on-example-code/36563/2 "2020-07-10T11:48:45Z")
For which module? ---
**Author:** ![rshah18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ea924/32.png) [@rshah18](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rshah18)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mvn-package-does-not-produce-the-modl-file-when-running-on-example-code/36563/3 "2020-07-10T12:26:47Z")
managed-tag-provider-gateway. thank you kevin ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mvn-package-does-not-produce-the-modl-file-when-running-on-example-code/36563/4 "2020-07-10T12:34:14Z")
I don’t see any issue. Are you looking in the `managed-tag-provider-build/target/` folder for the module? ---
**Author:** ![rshah18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ea924/32.png) [@rshah18](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rshah18)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mvn-package-does-not-produce-the-modl-file-when-running-on-example-code/36563/5 "2020-07-10T12:53:05Z")
Yes. I did mvn clean and mvn package a bunch of times same thing happens. C:\Users\rshah\Documents\workbp\Projects\ignition-sdk-examples\managed-tag-provider\managed-tag-provider-gateway\>mvn package [INFO] Scanning for projects… [INFO] [INFO] --\< com.inductiveautomation.ignition.examples:managed-tag-provider-gateway \>– [INFO] Building managed-tag-provider-gateway 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT [INFO] --------------------------------[jar]--------------------------------- [INFO] [INFO] — maven-resources-plugin:2.6:resources (default-resources) @ managed-tag-provider-gateway — [INFO] Using ‘UTF-8’ encoding to copy filtered resources. [INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory C:\Users\rshah\Documents\workbp\Projects\ignition-sdk-examples\managed-tag-provider\managed-tag-provider-gateway\src\main\resources [INFO] [INFO] — maven-compiler-plugin:3.2:compile (default-compile) @ managed-tag-provider-gateway — [INFO] Changes detected - recompiling the module! [INFO] Compiling 1 source file to C:\Users\rshah\Documents\workbp\Projects\ignition-sdk-examples\managed-tag-provider\managed-tag-provider-gateway\target\classes [INFO] [INFO] — maven-resources-plugin:2.6:testResources (default-testResources) @ managed-tag-provider-gateway — [INFO] Using ‘UTF-8’ encoding to copy filtered resources. [INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory C:\Users\rshah\Documents\workbp\Projects\ignition-sdk-examples\managed-tag-provider\managed-tag-provider-gateway\src\test\resources [INFO] [INFO] — maven-compiler-plugin:3.2:testCompile (default-testCompile) @ managed-tag-provider-gateway — [INFO] No sources to compile [INFO] [INFO] — maven-surefire-plugin:2.12.4:test (default-test) @ managed-tag-provider-gateway — [INFO] No tests to run. [INFO] [INFO] — maven-jar-plugin:2.4:jar (default-jar) @ managed-tag-provider-gateway — [INFO] Building jar: C:\Users\rshah\Documents\workbp\Projects\ignition-sdk-examples\managed-tag-provider\managed-tag-provider-gateway\target\managed-tag-provider-gateway-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD SUCCESS [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 4.422 s [INFO] Finished at: 2020-07-10T05:52:20-07:00 [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mvn-package-does-not-produce-the-modl-file-when-running-on-example-code/36563/6 "2020-07-10T12:58:32Z")
Run `mvn package` from the root of the example (`managed-tag-provider/`) ---
**Author:** ![rshah18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ea924/32.png) [@rshah18](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rshah18)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mvn-package-does-not-produce-the-modl-file-when-running-on-example-code/36563/7 "2020-07-10T13:12:49Z")
Thank you very much kevin. that fixed it. is it because of the external pom file ? ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mvn-package-does-not-produce-the-modl-file-when-running-on-example-code/36563/8 "2020-07-10T14:11:29Z")
The ignition maven module plugin just only builds the module file when the entire project is built, not just one of the maven sub-modules. ---
**Author:** ![rshah18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ea924/32.png) [@rshah18](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rshah18)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mvn-package-does-not-produce-the-modl-file-when-running-on-example-code/36563/9 "2020-07-10T15:12:09Z")
thank you!