ENDECA_MDEX_ROOT is required for this component,but eac.properties

Error

Caused by: An error occurred while trying to start the component: ENDECA_MDEX_ROOT is required for this component,but eac.properties does not contain a valid ENDECA_MDEX_ROOT definition.: ENDECA_MDEX_ROOT is required for this component,but eac.properties does not contain a valid ENDECA_MDEX_ROOT definition.

at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:526)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:374)
at org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.BeanDeserializer.(BeanDeserializer.java:104)
at org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.BeanDeserializer.(BeanDeserializer.java:90)
at com.endeca.eac.client.EACFault.getDeserializer(EACFault.java:75)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)

Cause

This is problem is because one of MDEX properties in eac.properties file is missing or overwritten in installation.

SOLUTION

Please follow the steps below

1. Navigate to <endeca_installation> directory.
2. Search for eac.properties file.
3. Check each file with MDEX environment variable and update the property with correct path to MDEX with version directory. eg. C:/endeca/MDEX/11.1