# Compilation in Tag Source
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/compilation-in-tag-source/6230
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 10, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/compilation-in-tag-source/6230 "2008-02-10T19:54:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@studley](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/studley)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/compilation-in-tag-source/6230/1 "2008-02-10T19:54:43Z")
I'm not sure what it's supposed to do, but under Utils is a Compilation option with a pull down. The pull down is empty.
If its to set the COMPILATION tag then a checkbox would suffice. Regardless, I'm not sure what to do with it or if it's working properly.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/compilation-in-tag-source/6230/2 "2008-02-10T20:03:31Z")
From the help file
> [@](#):
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> If there is artist and title information in the title field of the tag, you can split this field via the Utils \> Compilation-button. Within this dialog, you can provide a format string, which describes the format of the title field via placeholders, where %title% gets copied to the title field and %artist% gets copied to the artist field.
Hope this answers your question.
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### Author:  [@studley](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/studley)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/compilation-in-tag-source/6230/3 "2008-02-10T20:08:46Z")
> [@Florian](#):
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> From the help file
> Hope this answers your question.
Sorry for missing the helpfile. Thanks for the explanation. Perhaps a couple of defaults in the pulldown would make it look a little less 'weird'. 😉
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/compilation-in-tag-source/6230/4 "2026-02-09T12:20:46Z")