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Running the Spatial Analyst interpolation functions IDW, Spline, or Kriging returns 'An invalid field name was used' error

Last Published: April 25, 2020

Error Message

This error occurs when running the Spatial Analyst interpolation functions IDW, Spline, or Kriging:

"An invalid field name was used"

Cause

The attribute table of the input data should contain at least one numeric field. When this is not the case, the term <value> appears in the Z value field dropdown list.

Solution or Workaround



If the data is available, create and populate a numeric item in the input dataset.

Article ID:000003337

Software:
  • ArcMap 8 x

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