# How to have tag panel item refer to other tag
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-have-tag-panel-item-refer-to-other-tag/62463
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 19, 2023, 8:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-have-tag-panel-item-refer-to-other-tag/62463 "2023-10-19T08:14:16Z")
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### Author:  [@Plot](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Plot)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 8:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-have-tag-panel-item-refer-to-other-tag/62463/1 "2023-10-19T08:14:17Z")
I'm trying to get a value in the Tag Panel to refer to another tag. Specifically, I'd like to have "Album Artist" refer to/copy/enter the "Artist" tag.
Basically (but not always) I'd like to have a way to have the Album Artist field refer to whatever is in the Artist field. Yes, I could do it in another way (If there is another way that would be easier than this way, tell me where to go) I suppose, but this seems to be the easiest, especially when I load multiple different artists (like a compilation album).
I'm not looking for the answer, but if anyone can point me in the right direction, I'll try to figure out the rest. I've tried "%artist%" but that didn't work.
Any advice?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 8:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-have-tag-panel-item-refer-to-other-tag/62463/2 "2023-10-19T08:17:59Z")
I am not quite sure what you mean by
> [@Plot](#):
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> refer to
There is a "Howto" about copying 1 field to another - which I think, is the only way to do it properly:
> [@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:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 10:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-have-tag-panel-item-refer-to-other-tag/62463/3 "2023-10-19T10:06:20Z")
You cannot use the Tag Panel to have one field get data from another.
I suggest you create an Action that can be called any time you wish. I that Action you can then use Format Value for ALBUMARTIST, and use %artist% as the value.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2023, 10:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-have-tag-panel-item-refer-to-other-tag/62463/4 "2023-11-18T10:06:51Z")
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