You can do it by selecting File → New → Other in the main menu.

To create external (shared) metadata, after clicking the Other item, you must select the CloudConnect item, expand it and decide whether you want to define metadata yourself (User defined), extract them from a file (Extract from flat file or Extract from XLS file), or extract them from a database (Extract from database).

You can do it in the Navigator pane.

To create external (shared) metadata, you can open the context menu by right-clicking, select New → Others from it, and after opening the list of wizards you must select the CloudConnect item, expand it and decide whether you want to define metadata yourself (User defined), extract them from a file (Extract from flat file or Extract from XLS file), or extract them from a database (Extract from database).

Figure 28.5. Creating External (Shared) Metadata in the Main Menu and/or in the Navigator Pane