topic ERROR 999999: Error executing function. Workspace or data source is read only. Failed to execute (PackageMap). in Cartography and Maps Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/error-999999-error-executing-function-workspace-or/m-p/877730#M904 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am trying to package a map and I keep getting this error.</P><P></P><P>ERROR 999999: Error executing function.<BR />Workspace or data source is read only.<BR />Failed to execute (PackageMap).</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Jun 2020 16:19:45 GMT JulieHines1 2020-06-02T16:19:45Z ERROR 999999: Error executing function. Workspace or data source is read only. Failed to execute (PackageMap). https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/error-999999-error-executing-function-workspace-or/m-p/877730#M904 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am trying to package a map and I keep getting this error.</P><P></P><P>ERROR 999999: Error executing function.<BR />Workspace or data source is read only.<BR />Failed to execute (PackageMap).</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Jun 2020 16:19:45 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/error-999999-error-executing-function-workspace-or/m-p/877730#M904 JulieHines1 2020-06-02T16:19:45Z Re: ERROR 999999: Error executing function. Workspace or data source is read only. Failed to execute (PackageMap). https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/error-999999-error-executing-function-workspace-or/m-p/877731#M905 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Some details <A href="https://community.esri.com/migrated-users/235786">Julie Hines</A>‌about the details of the map you are trying to package.</P><P>Some first tries...</P><P>Did you save, close and restart?</P><P>What is the actual workspace path? (local, network etc)</P><P>What is the data source path? (same as above)</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Jun 2020 23:51:29 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/error-999999-error-executing-function-workspace-or/m-p/877731#M905 DanPatterson 2020-06-02T23:51:29Z Re: ERROR 999999: Error executing function. Workspace or data source is read only. Failed to execute (PackageMap). https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/error-999999-error-executing-function-workspace-or/m-p/877732#M906 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The map I am trying to package contains only local data.</P><P>I did save and close the project</P><P>Network for both</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 03 Jun 2020 18:42:07 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/error-999999-error-executing-function-workspace-or/m-p/877732#M906 JulieHines1 2020-06-03T18:42:07Z Re: ERROR 999999: Error executing function. Workspace or data source is read only. Failed to execute (PackageMap). https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/error-999999-error-executing-function-workspace-or/m-p/877733#M907 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>What about the last 2 questions?&nbsp; You can anonymize the paths without changing the first letter of each subfolder or the file name if needed</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 03 Jun 2020 19:49:21 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/error-999999-error-executing-function-workspace-or/m-p/877733#M907 DanPatterson 2020-06-03T19:49:21Z