https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/inline-variables-error-in-modelbuilder/m-p/1127198#M49152 <P>Thank you! This looks like it works like a charm. I'm still not clear on why my attempt at Inline Variables didn't work, though. I'm glad to know about this tool.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 17 Dec 2021 16:29:10 GMT BryanPreston 2021-12-17T16:29:10Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/inline-variables-error-in-modelbuilder/m-p/1126960#M49114 <P>This is likely a simple solution, but I have been banging my head on the screen long enough that I need to reach out.</P><P>(This is a very simple model I'll end up using on a substantially larger feature class.) For this test, the goal is to export each of the 6 features as their own individual feature class into a gdb. There are no special characters in the NAME field as you can see in the screenshot, but it still throws the invalid characters error. When I replace "%NAME%" with "Blah_%n%" it exports properly. Any hints?</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="BryanPreston_0-1639691788659.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29898iC538142F2B4707F3/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="BryanPreston_0-1639691788659.png" alt="BryanPreston_0-1639691788659.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 16 Dec 2021 22:01:04 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/inline-variables-error-in-modelbuilder/m-p/1126960#M49114 BryanPreston 2021-12-16T22:01:04Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/inline-variables-error-in-modelbuilder/m-p/1127039#M49131 <P>why not use this in your model</P><P><A href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/analysis/split-by-attributes.htm" target="_blank">Split By Attributes (Analysis)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation</A></P> Fri, 17 Dec 2021 01:28:47 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/inline-variables-error-in-modelbuilder/m-p/1127039#M49131 DanPatterson 2021-12-17T01:28:47Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/inline-variables-error-in-modelbuilder/m-p/1127198#M49152 <P>Thank you! This looks like it works like a charm. I'm still not clear on why my attempt at Inline Variables didn't work, though. I'm glad to know about this tool.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 17 Dec 2021 16:29:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/inline-variables-error-in-modelbuilder/m-p/1127198#M49152 BryanPreston 2021-12-17T16:29:10Z