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CA Clarity PPM List Web Part Model

Every CA Clarity PPM List Web Part is associated with the following:

• A tool pane. This is a default Web Part feature. Use the tool pane to configure which data provider the CA Clarity PPM List Web Part retrieves data from.
• A SharePoint list. When you add a CA Clarity PPM List Web Part, a new SharePoint list is automatically created in the site to support it. After you configure the CA Clarity PPM List Web Part, the data that is retrieved from CA Clarity PPM is stored in this SharePoint list and displayed in the CA Clarity PPM List Web Part.

Essentially, a CA Clarity PPM List Web Part and the SharePoint list that is automatically created provide the same set of features. The CA Clarity PPM List Web Part acts as a container for the list and provides the features that are available in SharePoint lists. You cannot modify or delete list items or add and delete columns on CA Clarity PPM List Web Parts or their underlying lists, thus ensuring that data is not lost when you synchronize the list with CA Clarity PPM.

When you reconfigure the CA Clarity PPM List Web Part to access a different CA Clarity PPM provider, a new list is not created. When you reconfigure a CA Clarity PPM List Web Part to display information from a different data provider or a data provider on a different CA Clarity PPM server, the associated list is updated with information from the new data provider.

Note: You can use the list that is associated with a CA Clarity PPM Web Part even after you delete the List Web Part; the associated list is not deleted from the site. However, when you delete the List Web Part, the synchronize functionality no longer works on the list.