How can I generate a JaCoCo XML report for Sonarcloud in a project using apache commons-parent?

i'm working on a project and the pom.xml file is a child of apache commons-parent (commons-parent provides common settings for all Apache Commons components). I have to calculate code coverage using JaCoCo and Sonarcloud, but to do so I need the jacoco report to be an xml file, while unfortunately the plugin used in commons-parent outputs a .exec file.
How can I do this?

I tried overriding the jacoco plugin but it still used the parent configuration.

EDIT: Thanks to this answer, I realized I was actually trying to add coverage for a single-module maven project when it actually was a multi-module.

Do you have an example repository to share? The key point is to determine if you have a single-module or multi-module Maven project and then you can design the report or report-aggregate goal of the jacoco-maven-plugin.

Here are some links to help:

• Sample Maven repos with Jacoco coverage: https://github.com/SonarSource/sonar-scanning-examples
• Importing Jacoco coverage using XML format: https://community.sonarsource.com/t/coverage-test-data-importing-jacoco-coverage-report-in-xml-format/12151

For more help, you should ask your question in Sonar Community where the official Sonar employees reside to help.