topic Warning 000970, attribute index issue; help please! in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/warning-000970-attribute-index-issue-help-please/m-p/568806#M18749 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Working in model builder (beginner) , trying to update/ combine two attribute tables, however I cannot continue to work due to:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> "Warning 000970" It states I must add an "attribute index" however after adding it to the appropriate areas I am still encountering this issue. I have searched forums far and wide and have tried just about everything. Anyone there have any suggestions?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am working out of 10.1 and am at a complete dead end.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Matt</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 07 Aug 2013 18:20:58 GMT MattDawson 2013-08-07T18:20:58Z Warning 000970, attribute index issue; help please! https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/warning-000970-attribute-index-issue-help-please/m-p/568806#M18749 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Working in model builder (beginner) , trying to update/ combine two attribute tables, however I cannot continue to work due to:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> "Warning 000970" It states I must add an "attribute index" however after adding it to the appropriate areas I am still encountering this issue. I have searched forums far and wide and have tried just about everything. Anyone there have any suggestions?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am working out of 10.1 and am at a complete dead end.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Matt</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 07 Aug 2013 18:20:58 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/warning-000970-attribute-index-issue-help-please/m-p/568806#M18749 MattDawson 2013-08-07T18:20:58Z Re: Warning 000970, attribute index issue; help please! https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/warning-000970-attribute-index-issue-help-please/m-p/568807#M18750 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>This is just a warning, meaning that the tool/model will still execute, it just will execute slower than if you had an index.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If you added an attribute index but are still getting a warning in ModelBuilder, it may be because you need to </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#/Validating_a_model/002w0000003n000000/">validate the model</A><SPAN> (the icon with the checkmark on it, or from the Model Menu, choose Validate).&nbsp; When in a ModelBuilder session, ModelBuilder isn't aware of changes to data you make outside of ModelBuilder.&nbsp; That's what validate does -- refreshes all the data and variables.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If this doesn't do the trick, then the only thing I can think of is that you didn't create the index on the right dataset.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 07 Aug 2013 20:45:12 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/warning-000970-attribute-index-issue-help-please/m-p/568807#M18750 DaleHoneycutt 2013-08-07T20:45:12Z