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I am trying to join (doesn't have to be a join if there is something better) a shapefile to a .dbf table which is a one-to-one relationship. This will need to be repeated several times so I a trying to do this in ModelBuilder. Once this join is made, I will then need to add fields and do further calculations on the data in the attribute table. Outside of MobelBuilder, I would make the join then save it as a new shapefile.
I have not figured out how to do this within ModelBuilder (since I can't seem to save the join as a new shapefile). The product from the join of the .dbf and the shapefile keeps producing an error when I try to connect it to another tool like "Add Field". "The value cannot be a joined table." I tried the "Feature Class to Shapefile" tool but that product is the folder where the file is stored and can't be connected to anything else either. Tried a few other things that also failed.
Any advice on what tools to look into using instead or how to work around this road block?
Thanks!
Mel
I am trying to join (doesn't have to be a join if there is something better) a shapefile to a .dbf table which is a one-to-one relationship. This will need to be repeated several times so I a trying to do this in ModelBuilder. Once this join is made, I will then need to add fields and do further calculations on the data in the attribute table. Outside of MobelBuilder, I would make the join then save it as a new shapefile.
I have not figured out how to do this within ModelBuilder (since I can't seem to save the join as a new shapefile). The product from the join of the .dbf and the shapefile keeps producing an error when I try to connect it to another tool like "Add Field". "The value cannot be a joined table." I tried the "Feature Class to Shapefile" tool but that product is the folder where the file is stored and can't be connected to anything else either. Tried a few other things that also failed.
Any advice on what tools to look into using instead or how to work around this road block?
Thanks!
Mel
I am trying to join (doesn't have to be a join if there is something better) a shapefile to a .dbf table which is a one-to-one relationship. This will need to be repeated several times so I a trying to do this in ModelBuilder. Once this join is made, I will then need to add fields and do further calculations on the data in the attribute table. Outside of MobelBuilder, I would make the join then save it as a new shapefile.
I have not figured out how to do this within ModelBuilder (since I can't seem to save the join as a new shapefile). The product from the join of the .dbf and the shapefile keeps producing an error when I try to connect it to another tool like "Add Field". "The value cannot be a joined table." I tried the "Feature Class to Shapefile" tool but that product is the folder where the file is stored and can't be connected to anything else either. Tried a few other things that also failed.
Any advice on what tools to look into using instead or how to work around this road block?
Thanks!
Mel