This case is somewhat similar to that of externalizing metadata. Now you create a metadata file that is outside the graph in the same way as that of externalized file, but such a file is not linked to the original graph. Only a metadata file is being created. Subsequently you can use such a file for more graphs as an external (shared) metadata file as mentioned in the previous sections.

You can export internal metadata into external (shared) one by right-clicking some of the internal metadata items in the Outline pane, clicking Export metadata from the context menu, selecting the project you want to add metadata into, expanding that project, selecting the meta folder, renaming the metadata file, if necessary, and clicking Finish.

After that, the Outline pane metadata folder remains the same, but in the meta folder in the Navigator pane the newly created metadata file appears.

Figure 28.3. Externalizing and/or Exporting Internal Metadata

Figure 28.4. Selecting a Location for a New Externalized and/or Exported Internal Metadata