Tag remapping: is it "preformat" or regular tag remapping I need?

[alan9990]

I like keeping the "date" information of my albums correct when possible. I believe this is treated as "Year" tag?

In the case of more modern reissues (typically remastered) I've taken to using this later release date as 'date' (hence 'year'?), but then often Musicbrainz will helpfully add "Original Date" to reference the original issue.

What I'm trying to achieve with the database is that the John Coltrane reissue (Japan, 2006) and with an 'Original Date' tag for 2006 gets listed under the "Year" file sorting under "1950s" by remapping.

I may be misunderstanding how to apply the formatting, but since this is another operation that requires a full rescan of my library, it may be more helpful to ask here instead of keep experimenting.

Is this correct?

preformat:=Original Date:=%Year%

or will tag remapping achieve what I wish?

Original Date:=Year

[Spoon]

You want it as Original Date? because you would have to add this field to the list of database entries and browse tree, normally it is not stored.