https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/scratch-gdb-in-modelbuilder/m-p/1139381#M50808 <P>That is weird it looks right to me (as long as you aren't using the double quotes.. I.E. it should just be <EM><STRONG>%scatchGDB%\OutputName</STRONG></EM> no quotes).... Other than that you could try setting your scratch workspace in your ArcGIS Pro project to the default GDB of your project.&nbsp; That should make that GDB your ScratchGDB.&nbsp; You could try that and see if it works... maybe the folder your currently using for the GDB (<SPAN>C:\Users\kmakungo\AppData\Local\Temp\ArcGISProTemp26572\scratch.gdb) is read only for some reason.&nbsp; Have you checked that the GDB exists in that location?</SPAN>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 01 Feb 2022 15:37:47 GMT KimberlyGarbade 2022-02-01T15:37:47Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/scratch-gdb-in-modelbuilder/m-p/1139310#M50799 <P>Good day,</P><P>I am trying to make my model portable by using scratch GDB, however whenever I run the model it crashes, below is the error message:</P><P>"ERROR 000229: Cannot open C:\Users\kmakungo\AppData\Local\Temp\ArcGISProTemp26572\scratch.gdb\StreetBuffer_12m<BR />Failed to execute (Cut the 12m buffer with the 3.5m buffer)."</P><P>I have set my outputs directory as follow: "%scratchGDB%\output_name"</P><P>I have no idea why it keeps giving me this error. Please assist if you have encountered this before.</P> Tue, 01 Feb 2022 11:36:58 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/scratch-gdb-in-modelbuilder/m-p/1139310#M50799 KhumeleniMakungo 2022-02-01T11:36:58Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/scratch-gdb-in-modelbuilder/m-p/1139381#M50808 <P>That is weird it looks right to me (as long as you aren't using the double quotes.. I.E. it should just be <EM><STRONG>%scatchGDB%\OutputName</STRONG></EM> no quotes).... Other than that you could try setting your scratch workspace in your ArcGIS Pro project to the default GDB of your project.&nbsp; That should make that GDB your ScratchGDB.&nbsp; You could try that and see if it works... maybe the folder your currently using for the GDB (<SPAN>C:\Users\kmakungo\AppData\Local\Temp\ArcGISProTemp26572\scratch.gdb) is read only for some reason.&nbsp; Have you checked that the GDB exists in that location?</SPAN>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 01 Feb 2022 15:37:47 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/scratch-gdb-in-modelbuilder/m-p/1139381#M50808 KimberlyGarbade 2022-02-01T15:37:47Z