merge tool does not overwrite in model builder

[Anne-MarieDubois]

Hi,

I've this model builder :

It works if I run it from the builder window but if I run it as a tool, I always get an error saying that the feature class from the merge tool already exists and that there can't be 2 fc with the same name.

However, my ArcGIS Pro options are set to overwrite AND if I try the merge tool alone (with the same output name), it works.

What's the problem?

Thanks!

[Robert_LeClair]

There is a webpage for Error 002852 - 002852: <Value>: <Value> exists within geodatabase as <value>. A feature class name can only exist o... - question for you, does the output from ModelBuilder go into a Feature Dataset?

[Matt-Goodman]

I'm noticing this exact same behavior, using ArcGIS Pro 3.6. My output is not going to a feature dataset.

[Robert_LeClair]

Questions:  what type of geodatabase are you using?  File or Enterprise?  Also are you using the in_memory workspace at all?

[Matt-Goodman]

Input is from an enterprise geodatabase but output is a file geodatabase. Not doing any geoprocessing in-memory.

[Robert_LeClair]

Thank you for the response.  There's an older Support case about this item that was resolved by the customer disconnecting the locks on their enterprise geodatabase by navigating  to the Catalog Pane, right-clicking on the feature class being overwritten, locks and disconnect.  Then the customer was able to overwrite the layer.