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# Add Metadata Manually

The Change Management tab uses source tracking to automatically track metadata files in your org. However, when you require the flexibility to include additional metadata files that source tracking hasn’t pulled automatically, you can add metadata manually.

### Required Editions

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Consider adding metadata manually for these cases.

- Source tracking doesn’t support the metadata file, so it isn’t listed on the Change Management tab. See [Metadata Coverage](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/metadata-coverage) for the list of metadata types supported by source tracking.
- Your development environment is shared, and another teammate has already committed a file that you also want to include in your work item commit. If the metadata hasn’t changed in your environment since your teammate’s commit, it doesn’t automatically appear in your changes list.
- You want to commit files that were changed before source tracking was enabled in your environment.

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_click-264-0-0-production-enus/5f7d9219-b7b1-4552-8891-f1aba9b289fc/images/icon_note.png)

Note You can’t manually add metadata that’s already on the Change Management tab, and the original operation type (CHANGE or ADD) remains unchanged.

1. From the DX Inspector panel, open the **Change Management** tab.
2. Click + .
3. Select a metadata type from the dropdown.
    
    Search by file name or last modified by to narrow your search results.
4. Select the metadata files that you want to add.
5. Click **Add**.

The file appears on the Change Management tab with the operation type MANUAL, ready for you to include in your next commit.

#### See Also

- [_Salesforce Help_: Manage and Release Changes Easily and Collaboratively with DevOps Center](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.next_generation_devops_center.htm&language=en_US)