MDS dialog when trying to deploy

Question

Hi,
I'm trying to permanently deploy my JDeveloper 11.1.1.2.0 application (which has MDS enabled, as per http://biemond.blogspot.com/2009/07/customize-and-personalize-your-jsf.html), to the IntegratedWebLogicServer. After creating the new deployment profile, when I try to run it I get a new 'MDS' dialog appearing and I don't know what values to use.
The dialog contains the fields Repository Name, Repository Type, Partition Name and Path/JNDI Info. Here's a screenshot:
http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad187/japher/mds_fields.png
The Repository Name combo box is empty.
If I just right-click on a jspx and choose Run or Debug, the app runs without problems. However, when I try to run the deployment profile to deploy permanently, this dialog appears (and I cannot continue). Am I missing something with my MDS configuration? Can anyone advise on what values need to go in here?
Cheers!

Answer 1

If I leave this dialog blank and continue to deploy, I get the following error why trying to load a page:
Error 500--Internal Server Error
oracle.adf.share.ADFShareException: MDSConfigurationException encountered in parseADFConfiguration
     at oracle.adf.share.config.ADFMDSConfig.parseADFConfiguration(ADFMDSConfig.java:178)
     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
     at oracle.adf.share.config.ADFConfigImpl.getResultFromComponent(ADFConfigImpl.java:442)
     at oracle.adf.share.config.ADFConfigImpl.getConfigObject(ADFConfigImpl.java:507)
     at oracle.adf.share.config.ADFConfigImpl.getConfigObject(ADFConfigImpl.java:490)
     at oracle.adf.share.config.ADFConfigImpl.getMDSInstance(ADFConfigImpl.java:546)
     at oracle.adf.share.config.ADFConfigImpl.getMDSInstance(ADFConfigImpl.java:541)
     at oracle.adf.share.config.ADFContextMDSConfigHelperImpl.getMDSInstance(ADFContextMDSConfigHelperImpl.java:274)
     at oracle.adf.share.ADFContext.getMDSInstanceAsObject(ADFContext.java:1203)
     at oracle.adf.share.http.ServletADFContext.initialize(ServletADFContext.java:434)
     at oracle.adf.share.http.ServletADFContext.initThreadContext(ServletADFContext.java:351)
     at oracle.adf.model.servlet.HttpBindingRequestHandler.initADFContext(HttpBindingRequestHandler.java:55)
     at oracle.adf.model.BindingRequestHandler.beginRequest(BindingRequestHandler.java:107)
     at oracle.adf.model.servlet.ADFBindingFilter.doFilter(ADFBindingFilter.java:189)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:56)
     at oracle.security.jps.ee.http.JpsAbsFilter$1.run(JpsAbsFilter.java:94)
     at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
     at oracle.security.jps.util.JpsSubject.doAsPrivileged(JpsSubject.java:313)
     at oracle.security.jps.ee.util.JpsPlatformUtil.runJaasMode(JpsPlatformUtil.java:413)
     at oracle.security.jps.ee.http.JpsAbsFilter.doFilter(JpsAbsFilter.java:138)
     at oracle.security.jps.ee.http.JpsFilter.doFilter(JpsFilter.java:70)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:56)
     at oracle.adf.library.webapp.LibraryFilter.doFilter(LibraryFilter.java:159)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:56)
     at oracle.dms.wls.DMSServletFilter.doFilter(DMSServletFilter.java:326)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:56)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.RequestEventsFilter.doFilter(RequestEventsFilter.java:27)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:56)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$ServletInvocationAction.run(WebAppServletContext.java:3592)
     at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321)
     at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:121)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.securedExecute(WebAppServletContext.java:2202)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.execute(WebAppServletContext.java:2108)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletRequestImpl.run(ServletRequestImpl.java:1432)
     at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:201)
     at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:173)
Caused by: oracle.mds.config.MDSConfigurationException: MDS-01330: unable to load MDS configuration document   
MDS-01329: unable to load element "persistence-config"
MDS-01370: MetadataStore configuration for metadata-store-usage "MAR_TargetRepos" is invalid.   
MDS-00058: Invalid Metadata Path: Metadata Path cannot be null.
     at oracle.mds.config.PConfig.loadFromBean(PConfig.java:695)
     at oracle.mds.config.PConfig.(PConfig.java:504)
     at oracle.mds.config.MDSConfig.loadFromBean(MDSConfig.java:692)
     at oracle.mds.config.MDSConfig.loadFromElement(MDSConfig.java:749)
     at oracle.mds.config.MDSConfig.(MDSConfig.java:407)
     at oracle.mds.core.MDSInstance.getMDSConfigFromDocument(MDSInstance.java:2007)
     at oracle.mds.core.MDSInstance.createMDSInstanceWithCustomizedConfig(MDSInstance.java:1169)
     at oracle.mds.core.MDSInstance.getOrCreateInstance(MDSInstance.java:569)
     at oracle.adf.share.config.ADFMDSConfig.parseADFConfiguration(ADFMDSConfig.java:137)
     ... 38 more
Caused by: oracle.mds.exception.MDSExceptionList: MDS-01329: unable to load element "persistence-config"
MDS-01370: MetadataStore configuration for metadata-store-usage "MAR_TargetRepos" is invalid.   
MDS-00058: Invalid Metadata Path: Metadata Path cannot be null.
     at oracle.mds.config.PConfig.loadFromBean(PConfig.java:689)
     ... 46 more