# Insert Same Text In a Field That Contains Multiple Entries

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-same-text-in-a-field-that-contains-multiple-entries/54313>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 9, 2021, 5:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-same-text-in-a-field-that-contains-multiple-entries/54313 "2021-09-09T05:13:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidi](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/6f9a4e/32.png) [@davidi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/davidi)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 5:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-same-text-in-a-field-that-contains-multiple-entries/54313/1 "2021-09-09T05:13:51Z")

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Hello. Long time lurker, first time poster 🙂 I've been trying to figure out how to do this for the past few days and I can't quite seem to get it right. I've tried searching to no avail, so, I'm hoping someone can help...

What I am trying to accomplish is to copy the values from the **PRODUCER** field and insert them into the **INVOLVEDPEOPLE** field but with the text **Producer:** in front of the persons name.

For example, let's say I have **Name1\\Name2\\Name3** in the **PRODUCER** field. I want to copy that to the **INVOLVEDPEOPLE** field as **Producer: Name1\\Producer: Name2\\Producer: Name3**. I created the following actions which will copy each name to the **INVOLVEDPEOPLE** field, but it only adds **Producer:** to the first entry. It comes out looking like this: **Producer: Name1\\Name2\\Name3**

Is it even possible to do what I am hoping to do? Here are the values for my current actions:

_Action #1:_

Action Type: **Format Value**  
Field: **INVOLVEDPEOPLE**  
Format String: **$meta\_sep(producer,\\\\)**

_Action #2:_

Action Type: **Format Value**  
Field: **INVOLVEDPEOPLE**  
Format String: **Producer: $meta\_sep(involvedpeople,\\\\)**

I have both of those actions inside of an Action Group. Any help would be appreciated!

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**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:** [September 9, 2021, 6:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-same-text-in-a-field-that-contains-multiple-entries/54313/2 "2021-09-09T06:23:34Z")

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I would merge the multi-value field first with a unique separator like ==,  
Then copy that contents to the target field,  
split the source field again by separator,  
replace the == with `; producer: `  
add the leading "producer:" to the field,  
split the field by separator ;

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**Author:** ![davidi](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/6f9a4e/32.png) [@davidi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/davidi)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-same-text-in-a-field-that-contains-multiple-entries/54313/3 "2021-09-09T15:59:53Z")

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@ohrenkino I just tried what you suggested and that worked beautifully! Thank you. I really appreciate it 🙂

If anyone else comes across this post in the future, here is a screenshot of the Actions within a Group I created based on ohrenkino's solution.

I know I used the COMPOSER field in the screenshot instead of PRODUCER, but the concept is still the same 🙂

 ![mp3tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/e/edd57cf6c0246aefb26b44cf2e4b5c48b765f959.jpeg)

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**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, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-same-text-in-a-field-that-contains-multiple-entries/54313/4 "2026-02-09T12:29:24Z")

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