After their creation (see previous sections), external (shared) metadata must be linked to each graph in which they are to be used. You need to right-click either the Metadata group or any of its items and select New metadata → Link shared definition from the context menu. After that, a File selection wizard displaying the project content will open. You must expand the meta folder in this wizard and select the desired metadata file from all the files contained in this wizard.

You can even link multiple external (shared) metadata files at once. To do this, right-click either the Metadata group or any of its items and select New metadata → Link shared definition from the context menu. After that, a File selection wizard displaying the project content will open. You must expand the meta folder in this wizard and select the desired metadata files from all the files contained in this wizard. You can select adjacent file items when you press Shift and move the Down Cursor or the Up Cursor key. If you want to select non-adjacent items, use Ctrl+Click at each of the desired file items instead.