CA Clarity PPM Connector for Microsoft SharePoint Overview

This section contains the following topics:

Microsoft SharePoint Connector Capabilities

Microsoft SharePoint Connector Components

Microsoft SharePoint Connector Capabilities

CA Clarity PPM Connector for Microsoft SharePoint (Microsoft SharePoint Connector) is a CA Clarity PPM add-in that connects Microsoft SharePoint with CA Clarity PPM. You can use Microsoft SharePoint as a frontend to access and share CA Clarity PPM project data. The Microsoft SharePoint Connector provides real-time project information from CA Clarity PPM in Microsoft SharePoint with drill-down capabilities to view detailed information directly from CA Clarity PPM.

Using Microsoft SharePoint, you can view CA Clarity PPM information about projects for collaborative efforts without being a CA Clarity PPM user. You can also publish CA Clarity PPM project information as Microsoft SharePoint project home pages.

Microsoft SharePoint Connector Components

Microsoft SharePoint Connector comprises the following components:

Customized Microsoft SharePoint site templates for CA Clarity PPM:
- CA Clarity PPM Site - Blank
CA Clarity PPM Web Parts. CA Clarity PPM Web Parts is the collective term used to refer to the following customized Web Parts that are included with the add-in:
- CA Clarity PPM List Web Part. You can configure CA Clarity PPM List Web Parts to display lists of sub-objects for CA Clarity PPM projects or the results of Studio queries.
- CA Clarity PPM Chart Web Part. You can configure CA Clarity PPM Chart Web Parts to display charts based on CA Clarity PPM project sub-objects or based on Studio queries.
The project data that you display in CA Clarity PPM Web Parts is read-only, and cannot be edited. However, you can change project information in CA Clarity PPM and use the CA Clarity PPM Web Parts synchronization features to update the information in Microsoft SharePoint.

Note: SharePoint Web Parts other than the CA Clarity PPM List Web Part and the CA Clarity PPM Chart Web Part are referred to in this guide as non-CA Clarity PPM Web Parts.