As you have now learned, performing analysis or editing a feature requires many steps. The more you use ArcGIS Pro, the more you will find yourself doing the same process again and again. You may also realize that some of the processes you do repeatedly really require very little interaction on your part beyond selecting a feature and then telling ArcGIS where to save the outputs.

Would it not be extremely beneficial if you could automate processes you do repeatedly? Create the proverbial Easy button where you simply click on a single tool, fill in a few parameters, and off the tool goes providing you with the results when it was done. That would certainly make your job easier.

With ArcGIS Pro, you can create Easy buttons or tools using ModelBuilder and Python scripts. Both of these allow you to create automated processes that can run multiple tools together in sequence or at the same time to complete an operation. ModelBuilder...