1. Developing SOA Applications with Oracle SOA Suite
  2. Getting Started with Oracle SOA Suite
  3. Managing Shared Data with the Design-Time MDS Repository
  4. Changing the Default SOA-MDS Location
  5. How to Change the Default SOA-MDS Location

How to Change the Default SOA-MDS Location

To change the default SOA-MDS location:

  1. Create a SOA composite application.
  2. From the Window main menu, select Resources.
  3. In the Components window, click Resources.
  4. Expand SOA-MDS. The artifacts shown in Figure 3-1 are displayed.

    • The SOA-MDS connection named SOA_DesignTimeRepository that was automatically created during SOA composite application.

    • The /apps folder in the MDS Repository. This folder is initially empty.

    Figure 3-1 Resources Window in Oracle JDeveloper

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    Description of "Figure 3-1 Resources Window in Oracle JDeveloper"
  5. Right-click the SOA_DesignTimeRepository connection and select Properties to point it to your version control location.

    The Edit MDS-SOA Connection dialog is displayed.

  6. In the MDS Root Folder field, click Browse.
  7. Select the version control location for the /apps folder, and click Select. The SOA-MDS browser only displays the /apps and /soa folders. Therefore, if /apps is not present in the selected version control location, then it is not rendered by the browser.

    The specified location is displayed in the Edit MDS-SOA Connection dialog, as shown in Figure 3-2.

    Figure 3-2 Edit SOA-MDS Connection Dialog

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    Description of "Figure 3-2 Edit SOA-MDS Connection Dialog"
  8. Click OK, and expand the SOA_DesignTimeRepository connection.

    The /apps folder is populated with the location specified in Step 7, as shown in Figure 3-3.

    Figure 3-3 Populated /apps folder

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    Description of "Figure 3-3 Populated /apps folder"