# Contacts by Critical Issues

The Contacts by Critical Issues dashboard displays demographic breakdowns of community contacts organized by critical issue. The data is sourced from Quarterly Effort records and their associated Grand Challenge Totals. Three panels show contacts broken down by gender, race, and ethnicity respectively.

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**TIP:** Navigate to **Analyze > Impact Dashboards** and select **Contacts by Critical Issues** to open this dashboard.
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## Panels

* [Gender Contacts by Critical Issue](/analyze/impact-dashboards/panels/gender-contacts-by-critical-issue.md)
* [Race Contacts by Critical Issue](/analyze/impact-dashboards/panels/race-contacts-by-critical-issue.md)
* [Ethnicity Contacts by Critical Issue](/analyze/impact-dashboards/panels/ethnicity-contacts-by-critical-issue.md)

## Filters

The following filters are available on this dashboard. This dashboard uses a limited set of filters because the data comes from Quarterly Effort records.

* **Reporting Year** — Limits data to the selected reporting period(s).
* **Program Type** — Filters by program type.
* **Program Areas** — Filters by program area.
* **Created By** — Filters by the user who created the record.
* **Complete** — Filters by completion status.
* **Quarter** — Filters by quarter.
* **Date Range** — Filters by record creation date.

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**NOTE:** Filters such as Units, Sites, Interventions, Projects, Action Plans, and Settings are not applicable to this dashboard because the underlying Quarterly Effort data does not include these fields.
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