# creating multivalue fields **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-multivalue-fields/14075 **Category:** Support **Created:** [November 3, 2012, 11:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-multivalue-fields/14075 "2012-11-03T11:58:27Z") **Posts on this page:** 4 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![mahkitah](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@mahkitah](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mahkitah) #### Post date: [November 3, 2012, 11:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-multivalue-fields/14075/1 "2012-11-03T11:58:27Z")
OK, my artist field is now like this: "artist1, artist2" and I want to create multivalue fields by replacing the ", " with "\\"' When I do this manually in the artist field everythings works fine and in the extended tags I see two artist fields. But when I use the replace action to do this, the result looks the same, but in the extended tags there is 1 artist field showing "artist1\\artist2" Why don't I get a multivalue field using the replace action? [edit] Some further experimenting: When I press save with a single file file selected, the "artist1\\artist2" field becomes true multivalue, but when I press save with multiple files selected, the field stays the same. ---
### Author: ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano) #### Post date: [November 3, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-multivalue-fields/14075/2 "2012-11-03T13:06:03Z")
Use the "Split field by separator" action to create multi value tags. Just enter , as separator. ---
### Author: ![mahkitah](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@mahkitah](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mahkitah) #### Post date: [November 3, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-multivalue-fields/14075/3 "2012-11-03T22:51:57Z")
OK thanks, as usual I've been trying to do things the hard way when there is an easy solution on hand. ![:rolleyes:](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/3a79e8b0b7d169b30216785521d7c6f4f895c421.gif ":rolleyes:") Meanwhile I also found that doing 'format value' with a $replace(%artist%,', ',\\) also results in true multivalue fields. And just for peace of mind, is there an explanation for the things I noticed? - the difference between the replace action and the $replace function or manual replace - the difference between a save with one track selected and multiple tracks selected ---
### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system) #### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-multivalue-fields/14075/4 "2026-02-09T12:24:09Z")