topic Cannot access sorted files from ModelBuilder in ModelBuilder Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/modelbuilder-questions/cannot-access-sorted-files-from-modelbuilder/m-p/848906#M3760 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi!</P><P>When I use the tool "Sort" within modelbuilder I&nbsp; can not access the resulting file from other tools within modelbuilder in order to continue with the model. If I, for example, sort the file PR into PR_sort and then try to add a field I get this message:</P><P>"ERROR 000229: Cannot open C:\LN_Slump\PR_sort. Failed to execute (Add Field)." Or if I try to rerun the sorting I get "</P><P>ERROR 000210: Cannot create output C:\LN_Slump\P_sort. Failed to execute (Sort)."</P><P>Doing the same things outside modelbuilder by using one tool at time is absolutely no problem (but very unpractical).</P><P></P><P>Does anyone have a suggestion to what might be wrong and how to solve the problem?</P><P></P><P>I am using ArcGIS 10.2.2 3552</P><P></P><P>Sofie</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:32:38 GMT SofieWikberg1 2016-03-28T14:32:38Z Cannot access sorted files from ModelBuilder https://community.esri.com/t5/modelbuilder-questions/cannot-access-sorted-files-from-modelbuilder/m-p/848906#M3760 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi!</P><P>When I use the tool "Sort" within modelbuilder I&nbsp; can not access the resulting file from other tools within modelbuilder in order to continue with the model. If I, for example, sort the file PR into PR_sort and then try to add a field I get this message:</P><P>"ERROR 000229: Cannot open C:\LN_Slump\PR_sort. Failed to execute (Add Field)." Or if I try to rerun the sorting I get "</P><P>ERROR 000210: Cannot create output C:\LN_Slump\P_sort. Failed to execute (Sort)."</P><P>Doing the same things outside modelbuilder by using one tool at time is absolutely no problem (but very unpractical).</P><P></P><P>Does anyone have a suggestion to what might be wrong and how to solve the problem?</P><P></P><P>I am using ArcGIS 10.2.2 3552</P><P></P><P>Sofie</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:32:38 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/modelbuilder-questions/cannot-access-sorted-files-from-modelbuilder/m-p/848906#M3760 SofieWikberg1 2016-03-28T14:32:38Z Re: Cannot access sorted files from ModelBuilder https://community.esri.com/t5/modelbuilder-questions/cannot-access-sorted-files-from-modelbuilder/m-p/848907#M3761 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Problem solved! I got help and I had to add .shp to the end of the Sort function Output Dataset. /Sofie</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 28 Mar 2016 16:01:20 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/modelbuilder-questions/cannot-access-sorted-files-from-modelbuilder/m-p/848907#M3761 SofieWikberg1 2016-03-28T16:01:20Z