# Bulk updating Tags

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-updating-tags/13856
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [September 8, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-updating-tags/13856 "2012-09-08T22:23:30Z")
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### Author: ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-updating-tags/13856/8 "2012-09-09T15:26:51Z")

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> [@Dego](#):
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> ... Don't you have to ensure that you declare the location of each file to enable the process to update the tag. If it does not specify the location when you export how will it know it when you import. ...

The best error free binding relation is the absolute filepath, so one csv line relates to one file, given by the value of the system pseudo tag-field "%\_path%" on export and on import selected by the placeholder "%\_path%".  
The "%\_path%" item can reside at any position in the csv line.  
I use to put it at the very end of the csv line.  
See also ...  
[Import tags from text file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/8093/2)

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