# Can i copy a field to another?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-copy-a-field-to-another/43245
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [October 12, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-copy-a-field-to-another/43245 "2018-10-12T17:15:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@rama](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rama)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-copy-a-field-to-another/43245/1 "2018-10-12T17:15:36Z")
Hi
i have tried for hours
i want to copy the filed COMPOSER to a new field Comp
how can i do it?
i want to do with lots of files at once
thanks
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-copy-a-field-to-another/43245/2 "2018-10-12T17:17:56Z")
see the frequently asked questions:
> [@Actions and batch-operations](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions-and-batch-operations/967/15):
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> How to copy one field value to another field? Example how to copy the content of the ARTIST field to the ALBUMARTIST field: Create a [new action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions/967/2) in an existing action group or make a new action group. Action type: Format value Field: ALBUMARTIST Format string: %artist% Note: If you want to copy all possible values of a field (in case you have multiple artist fields), the internal scripting function [$meta\_sep](https://docs.mp3tag.de/scripting) can be used in the format string, e.g., $meta\_sep(artist,\\\\)
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### Author:  [@rama](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rama)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-copy-a-field-to-another/43245/3 "2018-10-12T17:21:39Z")
hi
i have found many actions but it delete the composer and it doesn't create a new field
thanks
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-copy-a-field-to-another/43245/4 "2018-10-12T17:23:24Z")
then you have to show us exactly what you do.
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### Author:  [@rama](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rama)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-copy-a-field-to-another/43245/5 "2018-10-12T18:21:09Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> e: If you want to copy all possible values of a field (in case you have multiple artist fields), the internal scripting function [$meta\_sep](https://docs.mp3tag.de/scripting) can
hi
i have tried this
> ### How to copy one field value to another field?
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> Example how to copy the content of the ARTIST field to the ALBUMARTIST field:
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> Create a [new action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions/967/2) in an existing action group or make a new action group.
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> Action type: Format value
> Field: **ALBUMARTIST**
> Format string: **`%artist%`**
i set like this
in short to copy the content of composer "moby" to comment
after the action , the composer field disapear and i have no comment
look before and after
before
after
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-copy-a-field-to-another/43245/6 "2018-10-12T18:25:21Z")
It probably has to be the other way round.
The format string sets the new contents for field that you set in "Field".
So if the field COMMENT should get the contents of the field COMPOSER, then you have to select
Field: COMMENT
Format string: %composer%
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### Author:  [@rama](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rama)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-copy-a-field-to-another/43245/7 "2018-10-12T18:28:18Z")
Hi
thanks works but it deletes the field composer
is there to keep composer fied?
thanks
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-copy-a-field-to-another/43245/8 "2018-10-12T18:30:14Z")
The action I described does not delete COMPOSER.
So I suspect that you have still ticked the action that you used before that deleted the composer when you wrote the (non-existent) contents of COMMENT to COMPOSER.
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### Author:  [@rama](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rama)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2018, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-copy-a-field-to-another/43245/9 "2018-10-12T18:44:20Z")
hi
i have create this action
thanks Ohrenkino
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-copy-a-field-to-another/43245/10 "2018-10-13T20:34:23Z")
The screenshot shows the configuration of one action group. As @ohrenkino pointed out above, you might have still enabled another action group.
To check this, open the actions dialog via Alt + 6 or menu "Actions \> Actions" and see whether really only this action group is enabled by a ticked checkmark before running the action.