# Create an action to duplicate fields
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-an-action-to-duplicate-fields/57503
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 3, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-an-action-to-duplicate-fields/57503 "2022-06-03T17:17:00Z")
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### Author:  [@Owens](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Owens)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-an-action-to-duplicate-fields/57503/1 "2022-06-03T17:17:00Z")
I would like a action to duplicate a field.
Example: "label" to "publisher"
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-an-action-to-duplicate-fields/57503/2 "2022-06-03T17:18:11Z")
See 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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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-an-action-to-duplicate-fields/57503/3 "2023-11-27T23:02:11Z")
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