# Copy album artist field to artist

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-album-artist-field-to-artist/42525
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 31, 2018, 8:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-album-artist-field-to-artist/42525 "2018-07-31T08:13:15Z")
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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2018, 8:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-album-artist-field-to-artist/42525/2 "2018-07-31T08:32:32Z")

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Have a look at the FAQs:

> [@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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