BUG
When dragging a raster in a raster catalog from ArcCatalog to ArcMap, if the data source is broken and must be repaired, only raster datasets are seen in the Repair Data Source dialog box. This also happens with any layer files that have been created from that raster dataset.
When the raster is dragged from the ArcCatalog to ArcMap, ArcMap reads this as a raster dataset, instead of a raster stored in a Raster Catalog.
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