# Can we get Nested Actions? **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-we-get-nested-actions/8168 **Category:** Support **Created:** [March 29, 2009, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-we-get-nested-actions/8168 "2009-03-29T12:37:54Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 4
### 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: [April 7, 2009, 7:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-we-get-nested-actions/8168/4 "2009-04-07T07:44:31Z")
> [@drspiff](#): > > ... While the configurations in UTILS are interesting, they do not offer the flexibility or usefulness of nested functions. Further, the order of Action Groups is not saved in a configuration ... Yes I see what you mean. The concept of actionsgroup mta-files and metagroup mtg-files is just a vehicle not a fitting solution. So what should it be? 1. User can create a user defined action (UDA) by picking an action type out of the pool of predefined generic action types, then filling in the appropriate values, then storing this one UDA into a folder in the filesystem using a descriptive name (maybe somewhat automatically named). One UDA --\> one (ini-) file, e. g. file extension '.mta' (human readable). UDA object has the methods: new UDA, delete UDA, rename UDA (\*1). 1. In order to perform a complex task the user can compose a set of UDA's by picking UDA's out of the pool of UDA's, then store this UDA-group list into a folder in the filesystem using a descriptive name. One UDA-group --\> one (ini-) file, e. g. file extension '.mtg' (human readable). UDA-group object is an orderded list of UDA's and has the methods: new UDA-group, delete UDA-group, rename UDA-group (\*2), insert UDA, delete UDA, (manually) order UDA entries in current UDA-group list. 1. User can create more complex workflow by defining a meta UDA-group (similar to 'Utils' now) by picking UDA-group's out of the pool of UDA-groups. An 'utils' meta UDA-group object is just an orderded list of UDA-groups and has the methods: new meta-UDA-group, delete meta-UDA-group, rename meta-UDA-group, insert UDA-group, delete UDA-group, (manually) order UDA-group entries in current meta-UDA-group list. One meta-UDA-group --\> one (ini-) file, e. g. file extension '.mtm' (human readable). 1. To perform a quick action the application should offer three (sortable, searchable) picklists, each containing all known - UDA's - UDA-group's - meta-UDA-group's. (\*1), (\*2): Renaming causes a broken reference into the pointerlists on higher level. If an UDA resp. UDA-group has been renamed, then all references must be updated automatically within related UDA-group's resp. meta-UDA-group's. DD.20090407.1144.CEST --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-we-get-nested-actions/8168)._