Modelbuilder will not allow 'Input Table'

[ChrisChutter]

I am working on a large model with over 100 processes.  I am nearing the end and ModelBuilder will no longer allow me to connect one polygon layer to Eliminate or Select by Attribute as an input table.  Just gives the options of environment or elimination table. Anyone know why this is happening?

To be more specific, I have MERGEd several polygon layers into one polygon layer.  I now want to eliminate all polygons under a hectare in area.  I place the SELECT and the ELIMINATE tools on my modelbuilder window and I cannot connect my polygon layer as an input table to either table.  Please help.

[DanLee]

Have you tried Select Layer By Attribute (Data Management toolbox - Layers and Table Views toolset) tool instead of Select tool?

[ChrisChutter]

Sorry that is what I meant, it will not allow me to use 'select by attribute' or 'eliminate' on many of the layers in my model.  It will not allow me to connect them as 'Input tables' but it will allow me to use them to specify 'cell size' or 'mask' which is stupid as these layers are polygons not rasters.

I can go into the tool and tell it to use any layer in the table of contents, BUT it doesn't connect to where it already exists in modelbuilder, it creates a new icon for it and starts a separate model in modelbuilder which is definitely something I don't want it to do.  No one has had this problem before?

[AriIsaak1]

I think you are looking for "make table view" tool. Then the table can be used as layer input.

[KenKoleda]

I had to use 'make feature layer tool' in order to have a valid input to the eliminate tool.

-Ken