# Mappings order is different from Tags to field
**URL:** https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/mappings-order-is-different-from-tags-to-field/3104
**Category:** Advice Needed
**Created:** [May 4, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/mappings-order-is-different-from-tags-to-field/3104 "2025-05-04T19:54:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@djtls](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/djtls)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/mappings-order-is-different-from-tags-to-field/3104/1 "2025-05-04T19:54:13Z")
I have a Tags category that I called “Mix”. I have ordered the tags a certain way so that they show up in a certain order. When I do a field mappings of the Mix tags to another field, they are in a different order. For example Tags “Intro, Epic, Short Edit, Clean” gets re-mapped “Intro, Short Edit, Clean, Epic”
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### Author:  [@Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/Christiaan)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2025, 7:02am UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/mappings-order-is-different-from-tags-to-field/3104/2 "2025-05-05T07:02:47Z")
Is this a field mapping to a DJ app, if so which one?
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### Author:  [@djtls](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/djtls)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/mappings-order-is-different-from-tags-to-field/3104/3 "2025-05-05T20:44:29Z")
This is the mapping under the “Write Tags” menu.
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### Author:  [@Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/Christiaan)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/mappings-order-is-different-from-tags-to-field/3104/4 "2025-05-05T20:58:56Z")
Thanks. Can you upload your Lexicon database & logs? From the Help menu. I’ll try and reproduce your issue here.
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### Author:  [@djtls](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/djtls)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/mappings-order-is-different-from-tags-to-field/3104/5 "2025-05-11T12:45:30Z")
Did you happen to find anything? Am I doing something wrong?
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### Author:  [@Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/Christiaan)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/mappings-order-is-different-from-tags-to-field/3104/6 "2025-05-11T15:09:10Z")
I haven’t had time yet, but I will try to do it this week.
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### Author:  [@Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/Christiaan)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2025, 7:05am UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/mappings-order-is-different-from-tags-to-field/3104/7 "2025-05-14T07:05:58Z")
This will be fixed in update 1.8.3, this week
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### Author:  [@djtls](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/djtls)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/mappings-order-is-different-from-tags-to-field/3104/8 "2025-05-15T11:34:55Z")
Hello. It doesn’t appear to have changed. The custom map still is in a random order. Even if I move my custom tag order and then try to write a new tag, the order written doesn’t change. Could it be writing them based on the order the custom tag was created?
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### Author:  [@Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/Christiaan)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/mappings-order-is-different-from-tags-to-field/3104/9 "2025-05-15T11:56:33Z")
It should now write them based on the order they appear in the category, on the Custom Tags screen.
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### Author:  [@djtls](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/djtls)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2025, 11:57am UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/mappings-order-is-different-from-tags-to-field/3104/10 "2025-05-15T11:57:57Z")
I tried by re-ordering my custom tags and then re-writing the tags. When I “Reload” the tags on the field that should’ve changed it is the same as before. They are not alphabetical.
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### Author:  [@Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/Christiaan)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/mappings-order-is-different-from-tags-to-field/3104/11 "2025-05-15T12:01:12Z")
Did you re-order them as alphabetical? Because it’s not sorted alphabetically when doing the field mapping
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### Author:  [@djtls](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/djtls)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/mappings-order-is-different-from-tags-to-field/3104/12 "2025-05-15T20:41:55Z")
I have the tags in a certain order that I wanted that is not alphabetical. When I write the tags it is something different from that.
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### Author:  [@Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/Christiaan)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/mappings-order-is-different-from-tags-to-field/3104/13 "2025-05-15T20:49:43Z")
Can you upload your Lexicon database & logs? From the Help menu.
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### Author:  [@djtls](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/djtls)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/mappings-order-is-different-from-tags-to-field/3104/14 "2025-05-15T21:27:33Z")
Done. I sent clips of the tags column, the field I am writing and my tags list.
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### Author:  [@Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/Christiaan)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2025, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/mappings-order-is-different-from-tags-to-field/3104/15 "2025-05-16T07:21:38Z")
Thanks, mistake on my part. I corrected the order for the `All Custom Tags` field mapping but not the individual categories. Will be fixed in the next update.
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### Author:  [@djtls](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/djtls)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/mappings-order-is-different-from-tags-to-field/3104/16 "2025-05-16T20:18:17Z")
Thank you so much! I just wanted to say, so far, this software is a dream come true for me to reorganize my 20 year old library that has been mashed together over the years. All the tools that I can use for tagging, renaming and sorting are great! I am also excited for a Tidal integration!!
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### Author:  [@djtls](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/djtls)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/mappings-order-is-different-from-tags-to-field/3104/17 "2025-11-03T23:41:54Z")
Hello,
I just added a few custom Tags to one of my groups and moved them to the front of the order and they are not writing them to the fields in that order. I believe you fixed this but not sure what happened.
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### Author:  [@Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/Christiaan)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2025, 7:41am UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/mappings-order-is-different-from-tags-to-field/3104/18 "2025-11-04T07:41:06Z")
Is it still like that after a restart?
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### Author:  [@djtls](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/djtls)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/mappings-order-is-different-from-tags-to-field/3104/19 "2025-11-04T12:52:53Z")
No change after a restart. Some of the tracks are correct but some are not.
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### Author:  [@Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/Christiaan)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/mappings-order-is-different-from-tags-to-field/3104/20 "2025-11-04T13:09:17Z")
What do your field mappings look like?
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