You can copy metadata from one source and paste it into another. You can copy and paste all the metadata from a data source, but not select parts. Because metadata standards require the metadata for forced-update fields to come directly from their data sources, any pasted metadata that differs from the values in these fields will not be saved.
To copy and paste metadata
- In the Metadata Viewer, right-click the data source from which you want to copy metadata.
- Click Copy Metadata to Clipboard.
- Right-click the data source to which you want to paste the metadata.
- Click Paste Metadata from Clipboard.
The pasted metadata is displayed in the Metadata Tab.