diff --git a/python/obitools3/commands/test.pyx b/python/obitools3/commands/test.pyx
index 2e7e8c6..cdd1363 100644
--- a/python/obitools3/commands/test.pyx
+++ b/python/obitools3/commands/test.pyx
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ from obitools3.dms.capi.obitypes cimport OBI_INT, \
                                          OBI_CHAR, \
                                          OBI_STR, \
                                          OBI_SEQ
+                                         
+from obitools3.dms.capi.obiview cimport NUC_SEQUENCE_COLUMN, \
+                                        ID_COLUMN, \
+                                        DEFINITION_COLUMN, \
+                                        QUALITY_COLUMN, \
+                                        COUNT_COLUMN
+
 import shutil
 import string
 import random
@@ -20,10 +27,6 @@ import random
 
 VIEW_TYPES = [b"", b"NUC_SEQS_VIEW"]
 COL_TYPES = [OBI_INT, OBI_FLOAT, OBI_BOOL, OBI_CHAR, OBI_STR, OBI_SEQ]
-NUC_SEQUENCE_COLUMN = b"NUC_SEQ"
-ID_COLUMN = b"ID"
-DEFINITION_COLUMN = b"DEFINITION"
-QUALITY_COLUMN = b"QUALITY"    
 SPECIAL_COLUMNS = [NUC_SEQUENCE_COLUMN, ID_COLUMN, DEFINITION_COLUMN, QUALITY_COLUMN]
 
 #TAXDUMP = "" TODO path=?