A quick tour of using Model Only tools

There are seven geoprocessing tools that support advanced behavior in ModelBuilder. These tools are not for use from the tool dialog box or in scripting.

Model Only Tool

Description

Calculate Value

Calculate Value tool returns a value based on a specified Python expression.

Collect Values

The Collect Values tool is designed to collect output values of an iterator, or to convert a list of multivalues into a single input. The output of Collect Values can be used as input to tools like Merge, Append, Mosaic, and Cell Statistics.

Get Field Value

The Get Field Value tool gets the value of the first row of a table for the specified field.

Merge Branch

The Merge Branch tool merges two or more logical branches into a single output.

Parse Path

The Parse Path tool parses the input into its file, path, name, or extension. The output can be used as in-line variables in the output name of other tools.

Select Data

The Select Data tool selects data in a parent data element such as a folder, geodatabase, feature dataset, or coverage.

Stop

For the set of input values, iteration will stop if all the input values meet the specified conditon of either True or False. It is functionally similar to While iterator but is useful to stop a model if there is one While iterator in a model and no additional iterators can be added.

See examples of using Model Only tools in ModelBuilder.

Below is a list of Model Only tools and their inputs and outputs.

Model Only tool

Input

Output

Calculate Value

Expression, Code

Value

Collect Values

Any value

Single output multivalue

Get Field Value

Table

Value

Merge Branch

Any value

Value

Parse Path

Any value

String

Select Data

Data element, composite layer

String

Stop

Any value

Boolean

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10/29/2012