topic XY Table to Point VS XY Layer in ArcGIS Pro Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/xy-table-to-point-vs-xy-layer/m-p/366238#M16052 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I apologize as I am new to GIS Pro, Is there a difference between using XY Table to point vs XY Layer when importing an excel file? I also can not find the XY Data to point tool also, where is it located?&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 11 Jul 2018 18:01:25 GMT Anonymous User 2018-07-11T18:01:25Z XY Table to Point VS XY Layer https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/xy-table-to-point-vs-xy-layer/m-p/366238#M16052 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I apologize as I am new to GIS Pro, Is there a difference between using XY Table to point vs XY Layer when importing an excel file? I also can not find the XY Data to point tool also, where is it located?&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 11 Jul 2018 18:01:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/xy-table-to-point-vs-xy-layer/m-p/366238#M16052 Anonymous User 2018-07-11T18:01:25Z Re: XY Table to Point VS XY Layer https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/xy-table-to-point-vs-xy-layer/m-p/366239#M16053 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You can do a Search in ArcToolbox to locate any tool if you don't know where they are specifically.</P><P>Also... the help file indicates which toolset any particular tool is located...</P><P>As per the following examples</P><P></P><P><A class="link-titled" href="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/data-management/xy-table-to-point.htm" title="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/data-management/xy-table-to-point.htm">XY Table To Point—Data Management toolbox | ArcGIS Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/data-management/make-xy-event-layer.htm" title="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/data-management/make-xy-event-layer.htm">Make XY Event Layer—Data Management toolbox | ArcGIS Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>For demonstrations...</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/get-started/create-points-from-a-table.htm" title="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/get-started/create-points-from-a-table.htm">Create points from a table—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop</A> A tutorial</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 11 Jul 2018 19:41:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/xy-table-to-point-vs-xy-layer/m-p/366239#M16053 DanPatterson_Retired 2018-07-11T19:41:08Z