You can designate a folder to be shared. In the Designer, shared folders allow users to create shortcuts to objects in the folder. If you have an object that you want to use in several mappings or across multiple folders, you can place the object in a shared folder. You can access the object from other folders by creating shortcuts to the object.

Shortcuts inherit changes to the original object. To use an object in a shared folder without inheriting future changes, you can copy the existing object.

When you create a shared folder, the folder icon in the Navigator displays an open hand icon.