{"id":2942866,"date":"2025-10-22T22:38:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T05:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2942866"},"modified":"2025-10-24T14:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T21:22:09","slug":"whats-new-in-modelbuilder-october-2025","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/analytics\/whats-new-in-modelbuilder-october-2025","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s new in ModelBuilder (October 2025)"},"author":5241,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23341,37101],"tags":[23571,780822],"industry":[],"product":[36551],"class_list":["post-2942866","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analytics","category-announcements","tag-whats-new","tag-whats-new-october-2025","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":5241,"user_firstname":"Jian","user_lastname":"Lange","nickname":"Jian Lange","user_nicename":"jzlange","display_name":"Jian Lange","user_email":"jlange@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:16:53","user_description":"Jian Lange is a principal product manager with Esri\u2019s Product Management team in Redlands, California. 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Today, we are excited to announce that the ArcGIS Online October 2025 release brings new capabilities that make building models even easier. Here are a couple of highlights:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h1 id=\"quick\"><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/breakgray.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#calcfield\">Calculate Field Tool<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#variables\">Support for Model Variables<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h1 id=\"calcfield\"><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/breakgray.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Calculate Field Tool<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"119\" data-end=\"380\">Calculating values for new or existing fields is a fundamental step in managing and analyzing GIS data. It allows you to derive meaningful information\u2014such as ratios, categories, or standardized values\u2014that supports deeper analysis and informed decision-making.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"382\" data-end=\"567\">With this release, the new Calculate Field tool is now available in ModelBuilder. You can use SQL expressions to populate or update field values as part of your automated workflows.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"kaltura","video_id":"1_ugxgabik","time":false,"start":0,"stop":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h1 id=\"variables\"><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/breakgray.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Support for Model Variables<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"119\" data-end=\"380\">The ability to add and modify model variables makes it easier to update model inputs, such as datasets or tool parameters, across one or multiple tools in a model. This enhancement offers greater flexibility and reusability of models, enabling users to customize workflows quickly by iterating different parameters. Users can add or change variables in models, making it simpler to customize workflows for different situations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"119\" data-end=\"380\">\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"kaltura","video_id":"1_bqwu1cny","time":false,"start":0,"stop":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3><strong>We want your feedback!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Esri Web Analysis team is very excited to announce the latest updates to ModelBuilder in ArcGIS Online, along with numerous improvements and fixes from the previous release. We are eager to hear your thoughts about the new ModelBuilder capability and your analysis experience in ArcGIS Online. Please share them with us at the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.esri.com\/t5\/arcgis-online\/ct-p\/arcgis-online\">ArcGIS Online Community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Happy analysis!<\/p>\n"}],"related_articles":"","show_article_image":false,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled-16.png","wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled-15.png"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What&#039;s new in ModelBuilder (October 2025)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The October 2025 update brings new ModelBuilder capabilities that make building models even easier.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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