# Ebtries not being added in submenu
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ebtries-not-being-added-in-submenu/68410
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 5, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ebtries-not-being-added-in-submenu/68410 "2025-05-05T15:13:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@dp19](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dp19)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ebtries-not-being-added-in-submenu/68410/1 "2025-05-05T15:13:06Z")
Hi Again,
i've added the submenu in y action but when they are applied they are not showing uo in the tag any reason why? Thanks Dp
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ebtries-not-being-added-in-submenu/68410/2 "2025-05-05T15:20:22Z")
> [@dp19](#):
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> when they are applied they are not showing uo in the tag any reason why?
Without deeper knowledge of what an arbitrarily named action group should do i.e. which actions are part of the group it is very hard to say.
So please show us the contents of an action group that does not work.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ebtries-not-being-added-in-submenu/68410/3 "2025-05-05T15:23:39Z")
> [@dp19](#):
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> i've added the submenu in y action
Which one have you added and is not listed in your screenshot?
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ebtries-not-being-added-in-submenu/68410/4 "2025-05-05T15:27:18Z")
The screenshot you have posted does not show the menu with submenus. You clicked on Action -\> Actions or used ALT-6.
If you click just on on "Actions" or use ALT-a you see the submenu-structure.
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### Author:  [@dp19](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dp19)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ebtries-not-being-added-in-submenu/68410/5 "2025-05-05T15:39:27Z")
sorry i posted the wrong screem here what it should show and i use them all on different songs.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ebtries-not-being-added-in-submenu/68410/6 "2025-05-05T15:43:03Z")
> [@dp19](#):
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> sorry i posted the wrong screem
Could you now show us the contents of the action group that opens e.g. the menu Style\>CM?
Open the actions, select the action names Style#CM and click on the edit button
The next dialogue window is the interesting one
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### Author:  [@dp19](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dp19)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ebtries-not-being-added-in-submenu/68410/7 "2025-05-05T16:18:04Z")
there is nothing in that action field box\> should there be? and if so what?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ebtries-not-being-added-in-submenu/68410/8 "2025-05-05T16:55:12Z")
In order for an action group to do something you have to tell it what that should be.
I guess that in this case you want to set the field GENRE to e.g. CM.
So add an action of the type "Format value" for GENRE to the action group with the name "Style#CM"
Format string: CM
Try if that works for you.
And if so, repeat the steps with contents that corresponds to your expectations.
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### Author:  [@dp19](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dp19)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ebtries-not-being-added-in-submenu/68410/9 "2025-05-05T17:25:02Z")
i had the format value when i started but wastold that was not was needed when i was trying get get this setup. anyways that worked thanks for the support and your time. Dp
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ebtries-not-being-added-in-submenu/68410/10 "2025-05-05T17:35:01Z")
> [@dp19](#):
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> when i started but wastold that was not was needed
That is not correct.
You entered the name of the action group in the format string of an action - which was not what was suggested.
As you never told us what you tried to achieve it is mainly guess work and assumptions that lead to suggestions.
If these do not meet your requirements, then the only way out is:
be as exact and descriptive as possible to explain your case.
And then read the suggestions just as thoroughly and ask precisely what is unclear to you.
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### Author:  [@dp19](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dp19)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ebtries-not-being-added-in-submenu/68410/11 "2025-05-05T18:15:02Z")
that i true but before i even started sunmenu i was using actions for input which had the format info in them. so now i understabd and se what is needed. not gonna argue over something that is setup and working now. again i think you for your time and support.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ebtries-not-being-added-in-submenu/68410/12 "2025-06-04T18:15:25Z")
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