OK, I found out that it is not working if the file (reading_list.org) is not opened in the buffer. If opened then it works all right. I guess it should be working like that. BR, V. On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 at 10:45, Vlastimil Vondra wrote: > Hi, > when I try to do this: > > #+COLUMNS: %28AUTHOR(Author) %32ITEM(Name) %TODO %TAGS(Tags) > %CLOSED(Closed) %STARTED(Started) > > #+BEGIN: columnview :id "file:~/Org/reading_list.org" > > #+END: > > I'm getting wrong type argument stringp nil error. Filepath is good > otherwise some different error is popping and columnview is working in that > file. Do you know what can be wrong? > > Org mode version 9.6 > GNU Emacs 28.2 (build 2, x86_64-w64-mingw32) of 2022-09-13 > > Best regards, > Vlastimil Vondra >