# Tag panel option to insert value or fomatted string
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-option-to-insert-value-or-fomatted-string/60819
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 27, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-option-to-insert-value-or-fomatted-string/60819 "2023-04-27T22:45:49Z")
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### Author:  [@rossy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rossy)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-option-to-insert-value-or-fomatted-string/60819/1 "2023-04-27T22:45:49Z")
is there a way or an update to include the option to have as well as a value for a tag in tag panel like an album with the option to " keep, enter, or a value" to having a formatted string like %\_date% for example?
I tried to insert %\_date% as I download podcasts and I want to organize the albums as dates, but the program looks at it as a value, so instead of the actual date, it comes up as %\_date% because it thinks it is a value.
would like to set the default value as a formatted string if possible
thank you.
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-option-to-insert-value-or-fomatted-string/60819/2 "2023-04-28T01:20:44Z")
The tag panel is purposely designed to enter actual values. If you want to use functions such as %\_date% to create tags, you can either use an action like Format Value or one of the Converter tools.
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### Author:  [@rossy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rossy)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-option-to-insert-value-or-fomatted-string/60819/3 "2023-04-28T23:28:39Z")
Thank you so much for your reply , I am going to be honest with you, I did not understand how to do an action like format Value nor where to find the converter tools, I would much appreciate it if you elaborate please, much appreciated.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2023, 5:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-option-to-insert-value-or-fomatted-string/60819/4 "2023-04-29T05:52:07Z")
See here on how to create a new action:
> [@Actions and batch-operations](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions-and-batch-operations/967/2):
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> How to create a new action? First, create a new action group via Actions \> [Actions] Actions or Alt + 6. Then, click on the button [New] New and give your action group an expressive name, e.g., "All tag fields Upper Case". This action group can be applied to the selected files after you have added one or more actions to it. Now, you can create a new action in your action group via the button [New] New and choose the desired action type from the list. At the moment the following action types …
see the documentation on the Converters:
> **[Copy and Compose Contents from Tags – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/converters/copy-compose-tags/)**
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> Documentation on Tag to Tag, a converter to copy and compose contents from tags. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
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### Author:  [@rossy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rossy)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-option-to-insert-value-or-fomatted-string/60819/5 "2023-05-01T12:10:07Z")
Brilliant , thank you so much managed to follow your instructions and add a new action, much easier now.
thank you
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-option-to-insert-value-or-fomatted-string/60819/6 "2023-05-31T12:10:15Z")
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