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# Duplicate Contacts

The Duplicate Contacts dashboard estimates duplicated contacts by counting each program activity's participants once per qualifying session.

The Duplicate Contacts dashboard aggregates contacts for the given filter criteria by multiplying the number of participants in each program activity (and their corresponding demographic information) by the number of qualifying sessions in that program activity, then adding those totals together. It displays a total duplicate contact count and a demographic breakdown of those contacts, making it useful for understanding total participant encounters rather than unique participants.

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

* [Total Duplicate Contacts](/analyze/impact-dashboards/panels/total-duplicate-contacts.md)
* [Duplicate Contacts Demographics](/analyze/impact-dashboards/panels/duplicate-contacts-demographics.md)

## Filters

The following filters are available on this dashboard.

* **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.
* **Collaborator** — Filters by users listed as collaborators.
* **Contributed by a Collaborator** — Limits to records where a collaborator is marked as a contributor.
* **Units** — Filters by Extension unit.
* **Sites** — Filters by site location.
* **Action Plans** — Filters by associated action plan.
* **Interventions** — Filters by intervention.
* **Projects** — Filters by project.
* **Verified** — Filters by verification status.
* **Complete** — Filters by completion status. Defaults to complete records only.
* **Primary Curriculum** — Filters by primary curriculum.
* **Session Date Range** — Filters by program session occurrence date.