# Suggestion: for multiple selections, show missing tags in Extended Tags Panel

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-for-multiple-selections-show-missing-tags-in-extended-tags-panel/54335
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [September 10, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-for-multiple-selections-show-missing-tags-in-extended-tags-panel/54335 "2021-09-10T22:05:08Z")
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### Author: ![incifinci](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/incifinci/32/6526_2.png) [@incifinci](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/incifinci)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-for-multiple-selections-show-missing-tags-in-extended-tags-panel/54335/1 "2021-09-10T22:05:08Z")

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It could be very useful for many files. Extended Tags Panel, in addition to showing different tags, would also show, if any existing tag is missing somewhere. This way you could check at once, if you have all the necessary tags everywhere. You can then filter (or sort in order) to find, where the needed tags are missing.

 ![sugg](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/1/196c408f3aeee22ef6b7c6cc1211353abfb61c87.jpeg)

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### Author: ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2021, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-for-multiple-selections-show-missing-tags-in-extended-tags-panel/54335/2 "2021-09-10T22:45:37Z")

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You are right, this would be useful.

I check this situation currently with columns for every needed tag.  
In your example, you sort the columns "ALBUMDATE" or "DYNAMIC RANGE" ascending or descending. This way you can immediately see which tracks does not yet have the needed information. This works very fast even with several thousand tracks.

Or you could filter for all the needed tags and show only those that are empty with something like  
`ALBUMDATE is MISSING`  
OR  
`DYNAMIC RANGE is MISSING`

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### Author: ![incifinci](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/incifinci/32/6526_2.png) [@incifinci](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/incifinci)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2021, 9:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-for-multiple-selections-show-missing-tags-in-extended-tags-panel/54335/3 "2021-09-12T09:36:50Z")

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For now, i use another solution, a grouped filter: %albumdate% MISSING OR %dynamic range% MISSING OR %third% MISSING OR %fourth% MISSING... Then i check the results.