# RATING WMP
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rating-wmp/16882
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [May 5, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rating-wmp/16882 "2015-05-05T19:44:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@stavrello](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stavrello)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rating-wmp/16882/1 "2015-05-05T19:44:21Z")
Is there any fast way to rate your tracks faster than open the edit window for each track?
The most ideal would be to just click on 1-5 stars. Possible to see in future version?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2015, 3:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rating-wmp/16882/2 "2015-05-06T03:18:08Z")
If you have a column in the file list for wmp rating, then AFAIK you can enter just the required number of asterisks \* and that will be transformed into a rating.
What could be faster than that?
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### Author:  [@stavrello](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stavrello)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2015, 6:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rating-wmp/16882/3 "2015-05-06T06:10:59Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> If you have a column in the file list for wmp rating, then AFAIK you can enter just the required number of asterisks \* and that will be transformed into a rating.
> What could be faster than that?
I have a column for RATING WMP but seems kinda locked, i can edit only if i open the Extended Tags menu. Same hapends to:
%release date%
%initialkey%
%date%
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2015, 6:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rating-wmp/16882/4 "2015-05-06T06:31:04Z")
> [@stavrello](#):
>
> I have a column for RATING WMP but seems kinda locked, i can edit only if i open the Extended Tags menu. Same hapends to:
> %release date%
> %initialkey%
> %date%
Check the column definitions
(right-click on any column header to get the column configuration dialogue)
Check that the fields/columns you want to edit not only show a value but also transfer the data back to a field.
So if you want to read and write a field, you have to enter the field variable in both: value and field.
I think that there is no field %release date% but that it is called %releasetime%. Also, %date% is no standard field.
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### Author:  [@stavrello](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stavrello)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rating-wmp/16882/5 "2015-05-06T20:10:30Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> Check the column definitions
> (right-click on any column header to get the column configuration dialogue)
>
> Check that the fields/columns you want to edit not only show a value but also transfer the data back to a field.
> So if you want to read and write a field, you have to enter the field variable in both: value and field.
> I think that there is no field %release date% but that it is called %releasetime%. Also, %date% is no standard field.
THANKS A LOT!! i fixed it 😃
I did exactly what you said, wrote a field with same name as value. Haven't tested that till now cause some existing columns had not that info completed. Thanks again!