ERROR 100014

[supadee9000]

Hi all,

New user here, and an ArcGIS beginner. I'm a spatial science student still learning how to use ArcGIS. I am doing the tutorials, successfully until now. I can't get the summarize invasive speices model (tutorail here) to work. The error details are:

Summarize Invasive Species
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Tool Path

\\Mac\Home\Documents\ArcGIS\Packages\Make a geoprocessing model_d57e3d\p30\Make a geoprocessing model.atbx\SummarizeInvasiveSpecies
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Parameters

Human Contact Locations Campsites
Buffer Distance 1.5 Kilometers
Invasive Species White Edged Nightshade Range
Area Unit of Measure HECTARES
Output Feature Class \\Mac\Home\Documents\ArcGIS\Packages\Make a geoprocessing model_d57e3d\ModelOutput.gdb\Output
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Messages

Start Time: Thursday, October 30, 2025 3:25:00 PM
Executing (Pairwise Buffer): PairwiseBuffer Campsites "\\Mac\Home\Documents\ArcGIS\Packages\Make a geoprocessing model_d57e3d\commondata\make_a_geoprocessing_model.gdb\CommCamp_Buffer" "1.5 Kilometers" NONE # PLANAR "0 Meters"
Start Time: Thursday, October 30, 2025 3:25:01 PM
Succeeded at Thursday, October 30, 2025 3:25:03 PM (Elapsed Time: 1.98 seconds)
Executing (Summarize Within): SummarizeWithin "\\Mac\Home\Documents\ArcGIS\Packages\Make a geoprocessing model_d57e3d\commondata\make_a_geoprocessing_model.gdb\CommCamp_Buffer" "White Edged Nightshade Range" "\\Mac\Home\Documents\ArcGIS\Packages\Make a geoprocessing model_d57e3d\ModelOutput.gdb\Output" KEEP_ALL # ADD_SHAPE_SUM HECTARES # NO_MIN_MAJ NO_PERCENT #
Start Time: Thursday, October 30, 2025 3:25:03 PM
ERROR 100014: Summarize Within failed.
Failed script Summarize Within...
Failed to execute (Summarize Within).
Failed at Thursday, October 30, 2025 3:25:06 PM (Elapsed Time: 3.52 seconds)
Failed to execute (SummarizeInvasiveSpecies).
Failed at Thursday, October 30, 2025 3:25:07 PM (Elapsed Time: 7.68 seconds)

If any one has some advice, I'd appreicate it. I have read that this is a common issue, and there are several different fixes (see here), for example shortening/amending file names, but I am not sure which one to try, nor exactly how to do it. 

Thanks

David

[DanPatterson]

There are other links regarding the 100014 error message

Error: 100014: Summarize within Failed

BUG-000172797 for ArcGIS Pro

I would start with the destination file path issue first

[supadee9000]

Thanks for your response. I did do a search and came up with the same results as your links (thanks). As a new user, and a long-time Mac user (using Parallels and Windows 10), the correct process for shortening path names is still a bit of a mystery to me; it's a work in progress figuring out how to do these simple things correctly. Also, the Summarize within tool is part of a larger model, so link 2 doesn't apply, as toggling 'Add shape summary attributes' is not available, as far as I can see. 

Thanks for your advice. 

[Priya_Das]

Hi @supadee9000 

Could you reduce the file path of the tool? As ArcGIS has a limit of 260 characters for file paths. Your path seems to be quite long. 

Also Shorten the output feature class name path.

https://support.esri.com/en-us/knowledge-base/error-100014-summarize-within-failed-000027089

[supadee9000]

Hey Priya,

Thanks for taking the time to respond. As I said to Dan, I don't really know what the correct way of shortening paths is. Typically, on a Mac, it's a super simple process, and I'm very familiar with where files and folders are stored. But on Windows, I'm still a novice! 

I did get it to work. In the model a scratch geodatabase is created with a shorter file path. Choosing this as the output worked.

Where this failed:

\\Mac\Home\Documents\ArcGIS\Packages\Make a geoprocessing model_d57e3d\ModelOutput.gdb\Output

This worked: 

\\Mac\Home\Documents\ArcGIS\Packages\Make a geoprocessing model_d57e3d\scratch.gdb\Test2

I'm still unsure exactly how or why. 

Thanks again for your input.