# Automating Changes to Artist Values

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automating-changes-to-artist-values/13595
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 29, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automating-changes-to-artist-values/13595 "2012-06-29T14:50:07Z")
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### Author: ![gjs1066](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/a9adbd/32.png) [@gjs1066](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gjs1066)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automating-changes-to-artist-values/13595/1 "2012-06-29T14:50:07Z")

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I am undertaking a major re-tagging exercise and wish to standardise Artist entries in the format 'Last name, First Name'. At present a huge number of entries are in the format 'First name, Last Name' and I want to change all of these so that. for example, 'John Coltrane' becomes 'Coltrane, John'.

Is there a way I can set up an action to automate this?

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