On the workbench, you have the option
to display or hide the metadata of the server.
By default, the workbench hides the metadata
of the server to keep the development workspace clean. Displaying the metadata
of the server on the workbench, allows you to persists the data of the server
in a serverName.server file, where serverName is the name assigned
to the server. The serverName.server file is useful when you are working
in a team development environment and you are required to maintain the metadata
of the server in a source control repository.
To display or hide the metadata
of the server: