# Export field names for path and directory
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-field-names-for-path-and-directory/64683
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 14, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-field-names-for-path-and-directory/64683 "2024-05-14T23:20:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@chriskhw](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chriskhw)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-field-names-for-path-and-directory/64683/1 "2024-05-14T23:20:25Z")
Hi
A total newbie to mp3tag so my apologies in advance if this is a dumb question.
I have tried to find the answer on the web but dont seem to be able to do what I want, but am sure it is possible
I want to create an export template (a text one)
I want specific fields in a specific order, so I have used one of the existing templates as my template and modified it
I want to export some of the fields I can see in the mp3tag user interface but cant find out what those field names are to include those columns as part of the export
Specifically I want to include the actual filename of the track (e.g. pieceofmusic.mp3) and also the actual path name to that file (e.g c:\Music) as well as some of the other fields that I can find the name of (so I have %title% , %artist% , %albumartist% , %album% , %track% , %discnumber% , %year%). I have tried using %filename% as a fieldname for the disc filename and %path% for path but these just return empty fields in my export.
Is it possible to include these two attributes in an export, and if it is please can someone tell me what the fieldnames are
Many thanks in advance and sorry again if this is covered somewhere and I just have missed it
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### Author:  [@anon32189785](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/anon32189785)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 4:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-field-names-for-path-and-directory/64683/2 "2024-05-15T04:56:37Z")
Have a look here:
> **[Format Strings and Placeholders – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/format/)**
>
> Documentation on format strings and placeholders to describe the structure of file names and imported data. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
%path% -\> **%\_path%**
%filename% -\> **%\_filename%**
You missed an underscore there 😃
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### Author:  [@chriskhw](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chriskhw)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 11:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-field-names-for-path-and-directory/64683/3 "2024-05-15T11:00:43Z")
Hi
Many thanks. I guess I should have tried that. WOrks perfectly. Thank you
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2024, 11:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-field-names-for-path-and-directory/64683/4 "2024-06-14T11:00:59Z")
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