Data exclusion query gives the following error, "There was an error with the expression. An expected Field was not found or could not be retrieved properly", when working with a join in a file geodatabase.
If the data exclusion query contains double inverted commas (signifying file geodatabase feature class) the query cannot be verified and the layer will not draw. Removing the double inverted commas (denoting data in an ArcSDE gdb environment) allows the query to be verified and the layer will draw.