Relative Path issue within Model Builder

Question

I keep getting a 000229 Error that my model cannot open the output from the first task and use it as an input for my second task. I am using relative paths because the model is intended to be published as a geoprocessing service for a webapp. I have narrowed the issue down to relative paths because the model exicutes perfectly when i use a full path name that points to the same output folder that the relative path poitns to. I am also stumped because the first output is created and stored propertly using a relative path but the next task cannot open it that output. Any help is apprecaited.

Answer 1

I solved the issue. A file extension ex: .shp must be applied after %SCRATCHWORKSPACE%\FILENAME. My first output was created and stored in memory because it didn't have the proper file extension meaning the second task was searching for a file that didn't actually exist yet. The littlest things sometimes.