# Help with Export Configuration **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [December 2, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-export-configuration/47216 "2019-12-02T20:56:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![markvdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@markvdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/markvdb)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-export-configuration/47216/1 "2019-12-02T20:56:57Z")
Hi, I'm very new to MP3 Tag and am really enjoying it so far - so much more flexible than other programmes I have looked at. However, I have hit a brick wall with the Export Configuration and have spent the whole day trying to work this out to no avail (a programmer I am not!)... What I'm trying to do is create a personalised Export Configuration to include some new Custom field as well as standard fields not already included in the basic templates. If I take the csv Export template, which is: $filename(csv,utf-16)Title;Artist;Album;Track;Year;Length;Size;Last Modified;Path;Filename; $loop(%\_filename\_ext%)%title%;%artist%;%album%;%track%;%year%;%\_length\_seconds%;%\_file\_size%;%\_file\_mod\_date%;%\_folderpath%;%\_filename\_ext%; $loopend()build on %\_date% with %\_app% - the universal Tag editor - [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/](http://www.mp3tag.de/en/) and create a new template and add just one new field for ISRC to create the following command: $filename(csv,utf-16)Title;Artist;Album;Track;Year;Length;Size;Last Modified;Path;Filename;ISRC $loop(%\_filename\_ext%)%title%;%artist%;%album%;%track%;%year%;%\_length\_seconds%;%\_file\_size%;%\_file\_mod\_date%;%\_folderpath%;%\_filename\_ext%;%isrc%, $loopend()build on %\_date% with %\_app% - the universal Tag editor - [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/](http://www.mp3tag.de/en/) When I run the new template I get the following error message: "$filename only allowed at the beginning of export configuration" The weird thing is if I then go back and re-edit my new template to be the same as the original programme eplate file, I get the same error message… All help very grateful appreciated as it is driving me crazy... Thanks, Mark ---
**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:** [December 2, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-export-configuration/47216/2 "2019-12-02T21:01:09Z")
> [@markvdb](#): > > $filename(csv,utf-16)Title;Artist;Album;Track;Year;Length;Size;Last Modified;Path;Filename;ISRC > $loop(%\_filename\_ext%)%title%;%artist%;%album%;%track%;%year%;%\_length\_seconds%;%\_file\_size%;%\_file\_mod\_date%;%\_folderpath%;%\_filename\_ext%;%isrc%, > $loopend() This works OK over here. Is this an accurate copy or did you insert somewhere a $filename instead of a plain Filename or %\_filename\_ext%? ---
**Author:** ![markvdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@markvdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/markvdb)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-export-configuration/47216/3 "2019-12-02T21:07:21Z")
WOW - thanks for getting back to me so quickly... This is an accurate copy of the code from the mte file... I have just noticed something though - the is a , instead of a ; after %isrc% - let me try see what happens if I change this... ---
**Author:** ![markvdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@markvdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/markvdb)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-export-configuration/47216/4 "2019-12-02T21:09:59Z")
Just tried changing the , to ; and no help I'm afraid... ---
**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:** [December 2, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-export-configuration/47216/5 "2019-12-02T21:12:40Z")
This is the output I get for a single file: Title;Artist;Album;Track;Year;Length;Size;Last Modified;Path;Filename;ISRC Sky never die;Fresh Moods;Ambient Diary.One;002;1997;465;17,79 MB;19.10.2019;C:\Music\Ambient Diary.One - 1997;Ambient Diary.One \_ 002 \_ looks OK to me ---
**Author:** ![markvdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@markvdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/markvdb)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-export-configuration/47216/6 "2019-12-02T21:34:19Z")
Still not working for me - I've tried moving the file source folder to the desktop to simplify the path, moved the ISRC field into the middle, tried using a standard field (Comment) instead of the custom ISRC field - completely baffled??? ---
**Author:** ![markvdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@markvdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/markvdb)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-export-configuration/47216/7 "2019-12-02T22:23:11Z")
The weirdest thing is if I then go back and copy and paste the template code into my newly created template so they are exactly the same, when I try and run my new template I still get the same error message, which is: $filename only allowed at the beginning of export configuration ---
**Author:** ![ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ryerman/32/5285_2.png) [@ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ryerman)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 10:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-export-configuration/47216/8 "2019-12-02T22:30:33Z")
Instead of copying and pasting code to the forum, upload the complete MTE file for the export that fails, found here: "%APPDATA%\Mp3tag\export\Your Failed Export.mte" ---
**Author:** ![markvdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@markvdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/markvdb)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-export-configuration/47216/9 "2019-12-02T22:38:36Z")
OK -thanks for your help... The file that works is "csv" The file that doesn't work is "csvtest" As you will see they are now both exactly the same as I have copied and pasted the data from "csv" into "csvtest". I can run "csv" with no problem but "csvtest" gives me the error message $filename only allowed at the beginning of export configuration [csv.mte](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/short-url/dcbKcVvJOLcRRUwbnM2ILopXkUS.mte) (327 Bytes) [csvtest.mte](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/short-url/vhpHqA5zwNTnrqDrnYKZXX89nDi.mte) (331 Bytes) ---
**Author:** ![markvdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@markvdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/markvdb)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-export-configuration/47216/10 "2019-12-02T22:41:55Z")
PS Using PC running Windows 10 with Office 365 ---
**Author:** ![ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ryerman/32/5285_2.png) [@ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ryerman)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 10:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-export-configuration/47216/11 "2019-12-02T22:47:37Z")
> [@markvdb](#): > > As you will see they are now both exactly the same No, they are **not** exactly the same. The first line of csvtest.mte has double quotes around the first line: csv.mte does not. ---
**Author:** ![markvdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@markvdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/markvdb)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-export-configuration/47216/12 "2019-12-02T22:55:01Z")
Hi, I'm sorry but I don't understan =d as the first line/cell still look the exact same to me and this is what I see: csv $filename(csv,utf-16)Title;Artist;Album;Track;Year;Length;Size;Last Modified;Path;Filename; csvtest $filename(csv,utf-16)Title;Artist;Album;Track;Year;Length;Size;Last Modified;Path;Filename; Can you be kind enough to please point out to me where the double quotes are? Many thanks, Mark ---
**Author:** ![ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ryerman/32/5285_2.png) [@ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ryerman)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-export-configuration/47216/13 "2019-12-02T23:00:22Z")
Here is what I see when "csvtest.mte" is opened with Notepad: ![csvtest%20opened%20with%20notepad](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0dd5e5e822f4b5127ba0a809e74b2077db3119fd.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![markvdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@markvdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/markvdb)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-export-configuration/47216/14 "2019-12-02T23:02:21Z")
Thanks so much, that's really helpful - let me investigate ---
**Author:** ![markvdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@markvdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/markvdb)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-export-configuration/47216/15 "2019-12-02T23:10:03Z")
@ryerman - once again thank you so so much - I have edited the Notepad code to remove the quotation marks and it now works fine. I didn't think to look into opening with Notepad and will remember that for the future. Tomorrow I will try and work out why/how the quotation marks got into the code and repost back as this might help others. Thanks again - I really appreciated it! ---
**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:** [December 3, 2019, 5:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-export-configuration/47216/16 "2019-12-03T05:20:31Z")
> [@markvdb](#): > > I didn't think to look into opening with Notepad and will remember that That means that you have set a different editor for plain text documents. MP3tag does not do anything but call the default plain text editor when you click on "new" or "Edit" in the export configuration dialogue. ---
**Author:** ![markvdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@markvdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/markvdb)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 9:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-export-configuration/47216/17 "2019-12-04T09:23:04Z")
@ohreniko - thanks very much - I must have reset this the first time I opened the document as I checked and Notepad is set as my default plain text editor?? I will remember to keep an eye on this in the future. I have one more question please? When I save the data, how do I specify the file extension for the data file please? Many thanks for your help - it is really appreciated! ---
**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:** [December 4, 2019, 10:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-export-configuration/47216/18 "2019-12-04T10:07:43Z")
> [@markvdb](#): > > how do I specify the file extension for the data file please? See the help on Export: > **[Exporting Tag and File Information – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/export/#export-scripting-functions)** > > Documentation on exporting tag and file information to text-based file formats. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor. ---
**Author:** ![markvdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@markvdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/markvdb)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-export-configuration/47216/19 "2019-12-04T16:15:31Z")
@ohrenkino - that's great - thanks very much! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-export-configuration/47216/20 "2020-01-03T16:15:32Z")
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