# Containing folder as Artist name
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/containing-folder-as-artist-name/10176
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 24, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/containing-folder-as-artist-name/10176 "2010-03-24T21:37:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@ExitRitual](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ExitRitual)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/containing-folder-as-artist-name/10176/1 "2010-03-24T21:37:29Z")
Hi again.
Had a quick search, couldn't find anything, also looked through the guides for creating actions...as usual; all gibberish to my eyes v\_\_v
What i'm looking to do is:
Create an action which
> reads containing folder title
> set as artist
Using v2.46
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/containing-folder-as-artist-name/10176/2 "2010-03-24T22:41:53Z")
If I got this right, try
_Action type:_ **Format value**
_Field:_ **ARTIST**
_Format string:_ **%\_directory%**
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### Author:  [@ExitRitual](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ExitRitual)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/containing-folder-as-artist-name/10176/3 "2010-03-25T18:51:04Z")
Worked exactly as i needed it to. Thanks Dano 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/containing-folder-as-artist-name/10176/4 "2026-02-09T12:22:16Z")