BUG
A WMS service may contain abstracts describing layers, group layers and sublayers. In ArcMap, abstracts for WMS layers and sublayers are displayed in the Description text box of the Layer Properties General Tab. For group layers (layers that group multiple WMS sublayers together), abstracts are not displayed in the description.
ArcMap does not recognize group layer abstracts provided by WMS servers.
Article ID:000007393
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