View 2 Arguments: Expected value is empty

Hi

As a default to a view, I have declared a view argument that refers to node-ID (nid) and argument %1

%1 == group_Tm_Pm_Project_Tasks: Task Node ID

I then select a field and check Output this field as a link.

The Link path: I provide is node/%1

However, when the check the link path, it is showing http://##.##.##.##/node/

Thereby, the expected value of nid is blank within %1

For what reason am I seeing this?

Thanks

Jeff in Seattle