# Convert 'filename-\>tag' messes up the TRACK tag **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [May 29, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-tag-messes-up-the-track-tag/53362 "2021-05-29T14:23:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ncfernan](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/ec9cab/32.png) [@ncfernan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ncfernan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-tag-messes-up-the-track-tag/53362/1 "2021-05-29T14:23:18Z")
I created a 'filename-\>tag' conversion rule to split the filename and extract just one word from it. The new tag was named 'YEAR\_NAME' and really did the trick I needed. When I opened one file with the new tag, I noticed that the TRACK tag was changed from '01/07' to the song's title. This has occurred to all files that contain the new YEAR\_NAME extended tag. To reproduce: 1. create a file with year info in its filename like this "10cc - I'm not in love [1975].mp3" 2. the conversion rule extracts the "1975" token and stores in extended tag YEAR\_NAME %artist% - %track% [%year\_name%] 3. check the TRACK tag This is the file that has the new extended tag: ![mp3tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/5/5685005d96f8246d4486e1967b79cb8cd22edc76.png) Files that don't contain the new extended tags show the original untouched TRACK info. ![mp3tag2](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/b/be913b5c24bde7cc18711e919e94da67f3c7a438.png) ---
**Author:** ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-tag-messes-up-the-track-tag/53362/2 "2021-05-29T14:35:14Z")
`TRACK` is used for the track number in Mp3tag and you'd need to use `TITLE` if you want to import to the track title field. Check your format string. ---
**Author:** ![ncfernan](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/ec9cab/32.png) [@ncfernan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ncfernan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-tag-messes-up-the-track-tag/53362/3 "2021-05-29T14:37:11Z")
The problem is that I don't want to change the TRACK tag. The conversion procedure put the TITLE in the TRACK tag. I just want to populate the YEAR\_NAME tag without changing anything else. ---
**Author:** ![ncfernan](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/ec9cab/32.png) [@ncfernan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ncfernan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-tag-messes-up-the-track-tag/53362/4 "2021-05-29T14:37:56Z")
I got it... I'll change as you said. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-tag-messes-up-the-track-tag/53362/5 "2021-05-29T14:39:04Z")
If you really don't want to touch any of the other fields, you could also use the `%dummy%` placeholder. It is used as a throw-away placeholder and doesn't import anything that's matched into the tags. `%dummy% [%year_name%]` ---
**Author:** ![ncfernan](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/ec9cab/32.png) [@ncfernan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ncfernan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-tag-messes-up-the-track-tag/53362/6 "2021-05-29T14:41:52Z")
Now I'm using %dummy% as you suggested. It works like a charm. Thank you! Your program is fantastic, and your support is even better! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-tag-messes-up-the-track-tag/53362/7 "2021-06-28T14:42:18Z")
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