func (clg *ClientBackedDryRunGetter) HandleListAction(action core.ListAction) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
	listOpts := metav1.ListOptions{
		LabelSelector: action.GetListRestrictions().Labels.String(),
		FieldSelector: action.GetListRestrictions().Fields.String(),
	}

	unstructuredList, err := clg.dynamicClient.Resource(action.GetResource()).Namespace(action.GetNamespace()).List(context.TODO(), listOpts)
	if err != nil {

			listAction := action.(core.ListAction)
			assert.Equal(t, tc.metricName, listAction.GetResource().Resource, "the metric requested should have matched the one specified.")
			assert.Equal(t, tc.metricLabelSelector, listAction.GetListRestrictions().Labels, "the metric selector should have matched the one specified")

			metrics := emapi.ExternalMetricValueList{}
			for _, metricPoint := range tc.reportedMetricPoints {

		if err != nil {
			return true, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to convert label selector specified in test client")
		}
		assert.Equal(t, selector, listAction.GetListRestrictions().Labels, "the metric selector should have matched the one specified")

		metrics := emapi.ExternalMetricValueList{}

		for _, level := range tc.metric.levels {
			metric := emapi.ExternalMetricValue{

		podNamePrefix := ""
		labelSet := map[string]string{}

		// selector should be in form: "name=dummy-target-X" where X is the number of resource
		selector := action.(core.ListAction).GetListRestrictions().Labels
		parsedSelector := strings.Split(selector.String(), "=")
		if len(parsedSelector) > 1 {
			labelSet[parsedSelector[0]] = parsedSelector[1]
			podNamePrefix = parsedSelector[1]
		}