After you have created internal metadata as a part of a graph, you may want to convert them to external (shared) metadata. In such a case, you would be able to use the same metadata in other graphs (other graphs would share them).

You can externalize any internal metadata item into external (shared) file by right-clicking an internal metadata item in the Outline pane and selecting Externalize metadata from the context menu. After doing that, a new wizard will open in which the meta folder of your project is offered as the location for this new external (shared) metadata file and then you can click OK. If you want you can rename the offered metadata filename.

After that, the internal metadata item disappears from the Outline pane Metadata group, but, at the same location, already linked, the newly created external (shared) metadata file appears. The same metadata file appears in the meta subfolder of the project and it can be seen in the Navigator pane.

You can even externalize multiple internal metadata items at once. To do this, select them in the Outline pane and, after right-click, select Externalize metadata from the context menu. After doing that, a new wizard will open in which the meta folder of your project will be offered as the location for the first of the selected internal metadata items and then you can click OK. The same wizard will open for each the selected metadata items until they are all externalized. If you want (a file with the same name may already exist), you can change the offered metadata filename.

You can choose adjacent metadata items when you press Shift and move the Down Cursor or the Up Cursor key. If you want to choose non-adjacent items, use Ctrl+Click at each of the desired metadata items instead.