Model properties

The properties of a model tool include name, label, toolbox, and password protection, and a number of other properties related to model tool parameters. To view or modify model properties, right-click a model in a toolbox and select Properties. Alternatively, if you are editing the model in ModelBuilder, click ModelBuilder > Properties on the ribbon.

Model properties include general and parameter properties.

General

The General tab includes the following model properties:

Property	Description
Name	The name of the model. The name is used when running the model tool in Python.
Label	The label of the model. The label is displayed in the ModelBuilder view, Geoprocessing pane, and Catalog pane.
Toolbox	The path to the toolbox where the model is located.
Description	The short description for the tool that displays in the Geoprocessing pane when you search for the tool.
Summary	The description of the tool that is displayed when you hover over the Help button on the tool dialog box.
Illustration	An image that displays with the tool summary when you hover over the Help button on the tool dialog box.
Icon	A small image that displays when the tool is added to the ribbon, Quick Access toolbar, or Analysis gallery.
Attributes	A list of the following options that can set be for a tool: Show banner that tool modifies the input data—If checked, a banner will be added to the top of the Geoprocessing pane to indicate that the tool modifies input data. Do not add tool outputs to map—If checked, the output of a tool will not be added to the map. Show Enable Undo toggle——If checked, the Enable Undo toggle button will be added next to the Run button in the Geoprocessing pane. Show banner that tool consumes ArcGIS credits——If checked, a banner will be added to the top of the Geoprocessing pane to indicate that the tool consumes credits.
Set password	You can password protect your model so that a password must be provided before you or others can view or edit the model in ModelBuilder. A password-protected model tool can be run by anyone from the Geoprocessing pane. Note: If a password is set, keeping a backup copy of the model is recommended to avoid the loss of its contents in case the password is forgotten.

Note:

If your toolbox is a Legacy toolbox (.tbx), there is also a Store tool with relative path property. This property is enabled by default. If you move the toolbox containing the model and the data used in it, this property updates the paths in model data variables.

Parameters

The Parameters property page displays a table of all the variables that have been marked as model parameters in ModelBuilder. The parameter table includes properties listed below for each parameter. Some of these properties can be modified, and some are read-only.

• Label (read-only)
• Name (read-only)
• Data Type (read-only)
• Type
• Direction (read-only)
• Description
• Category
• Filter
• Dependency
• Default
• Environment
• Symbology

Learn more about model parameters