topic Use WMS service from external software in ArcGIS Enterprise Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/use-wms-service-from-external-software/m-p/544912#M21083 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>In the doc's for WMS service (<A href="http://server.arcgis.com/en/server/latest/publish-services/windows/wms-services.htm" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="http://server.arcgis.com/en/server/latest/publish-services/windows/wms-services.htm">WMS services—Documentation | ArcGIS for Server</A> ) it say: The map service cache is only used when requesting the original projection, layer order, and layer visibility of the service.</P><P>We publish a map service with cache without having the original MXD used to create the cache.</P><P>How does the layer order and visibility is checked when an external request is coming?</P><P>How can we "make" the WMS service think that it only have one layer so it will return the image every time layer 1 is requested?</P><P>Is it written somehow to the capability files (<A href="http://server.arcgis.com/en/server/latest/publish-services/windows/using-external-capabilities-files-with-wms-services.htm" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="http://server.arcgis.com/en/server/latest/publish-services/windows/using-external-capabilities-files-with-wms-services.htm">Using external capabilities files with WMS services—Documentation | ArcGIS for Server</A> )</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 04 Mar 2016 12:55:58 GMT ModyBuchbinder 2016-03-04T12:55:58Z Use WMS service from external software https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/use-wms-service-from-external-software/m-p/544912#M21083 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>In the doc's for WMS service (<A href="http://server.arcgis.com/en/server/latest/publish-services/windows/wms-services.htm" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="http://server.arcgis.com/en/server/latest/publish-services/windows/wms-services.htm">WMS services—Documentation | ArcGIS for Server</A> ) it say: The map service cache is only used when requesting the original projection, layer order, and layer visibility of the service.</P><P>We publish a map service with cache without having the original MXD used to create the cache.</P><P>How does the layer order and visibility is checked when an external request is coming?</P><P>How can we "make" the WMS service think that it only have one layer so it will return the image every time layer 1 is requested?</P><P>Is it written somehow to the capability files (<A href="http://server.arcgis.com/en/server/latest/publish-services/windows/using-external-capabilities-files-with-wms-services.htm" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="http://server.arcgis.com/en/server/latest/publish-services/windows/using-external-capabilities-files-with-wms-services.htm">Using external capabilities files with WMS services—Documentation | ArcGIS for Server</A> )</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 04 Mar 2016 12:55:58 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/use-wms-service-from-external-software/m-p/544912#M21083 ModyBuchbinder 2016-03-04T12:55:58Z