topic Modelbuilder element connection problems in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/modelbuilder-element-connection-problems/m-p/440278#M14786 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Greetings,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am having a frustrating problem.&nbsp; I want to create a model that uses Network Analyst to create a service area, buffer the resultant lines and create a new FC.&nbsp; My problem is making the necessary connection between the tools.&nbsp; When I try to connect the "line" feature layer from the service area dataset, I sometimes get the tool to connect and sometimes it won't.&nbsp; The system always returns an error when I run it saying the the input to the buffer tool must be a feature layer.&nbsp; I have tried to convert the line layer into a feature layer using 'copy features' and 'make feature layer" but this does not work.&nbsp; Any suggestions?&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>BTW, I am regularly confronting issues where the data type I have is not the data type my next tool needs, what is the best way to attack that problem?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:58:49 GMT BillWinston 2011-07-15T20:58:49Z Modelbuilder element connection problems https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/modelbuilder-element-connection-problems/m-p/440278#M14786 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Greetings,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am having a frustrating problem.&nbsp; I want to create a model that uses Network Analyst to create a service area, buffer the resultant lines and create a new FC.&nbsp; My problem is making the necessary connection between the tools.&nbsp; When I try to connect the "line" feature layer from the service area dataset, I sometimes get the tool to connect and sometimes it won't.&nbsp; The system always returns an error when I run it saying the the input to the buffer tool must be a feature layer.&nbsp; I have tried to convert the line layer into a feature layer using 'copy features' and 'make feature layer" but this does not work.&nbsp; Any suggestions?&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>BTW, I am regularly confronting issues where the data type I have is not the data type my next tool needs, what is the best way to attack that problem?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:58:49 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/modelbuilder-element-connection-problems/m-p/440278#M14786 BillWinston 2011-07-15T20:58:49Z Re: Modelbuilder element connection problems https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/modelbuilder-element-connection-problems/m-p/440279#M14787 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Bill,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I think you are using the wrong tool. You want to be using the </SPAN><STRONG>Select</STRONG><SPAN> tool found in Analysis Tools &gt; Extract toolbox.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Duncan</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:53:22 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/modelbuilder-element-connection-problems/m-p/440279#M14787 DuncanHornby 2011-07-22T14:53:22Z