Hello, A reference to a table name such as '2019-Q1-X' is rewritten to '2019-@1$17-X' by org-edit-special. And also for '2019_Q1_X'. v9.2.3 Test case: |---+----+--------| | # | Q1 | 600.00 | |---+----+--------| #+TBLFM: @1$3=remote(2019-*Q1*-X,$total) #+NAME: 2019-Q1-X |----+--------| | _ | total | | * | 600.00 | |----+--------| With cursor in 1st table, invoke org-edit-special with: C-x ' Then save the edit with C-c C-c and notice TBLFM is now: #+TBLFM: @1$3=remote(2019-*@1$17*-X,$total) A workaround is to use 1Q instead of Q1 in table name. *--tony*