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# Direct Education Reach and Time

Displays total reach, sessions, and hours for direct education programs along with a breakdown by delivery method.

![Screenshot: The Direct Education Reach and Time panel showing the Participants, Sessions and Hours totals on the left and the Delivery Methods donut chart on the right, with the hover popup on its largest slice](https://2560412328-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Ff0820LrBGQ9ZA8SC4BR1%2Fuploads%2FooBRhiNgg5oxDcHhNvCc%2Fimpact-dashboard-panel-direct-education-reach-and-time-v2.png?alt=media)

#### Location

This panel appears on the following dashboards:

* [SNAP-Ed Dashboard](/analyze/impact-dashboards/snap-ed-dashboard.md)
* [Highlights Dashboard](/analyze/impact-dashboards/extension-dashboard.md)
* [Unit Snapshot Dashboard](/analyze/impact-dashboards/unit-snapshot-dashboard.md)
* [User Dashboard](/analyze/impact-dashboards/user-dashboard.md)

#### Modules Included

* Program Activities

#### Filters

**Applied Filters**

* **Viewable records** — Only Program Activities the current user has permission to view are included.

**Non-Applicable Filters**

All standard Program Activity filters are supported by this panel.

#### Calculations

1. PEARS retrieves all viewable Program Activities that match the current dashboard filters.
2. The panel calculates three summary statistics, each displayed as a large number:
   * **Participants** — Sum of each program's demographics **Total** value across all matching programs.
   * **Sessions** — Count of the session records on all matching programs.
   * **Hours** — Sum of each session's **Length (min)** value across those same sessions, converted to hours.
3. Each matching program is counted once under a single delivery method category:
   * **In person**
   * **Virtual, live online**
   * **Virtual, self-directed & interactive** — reporting years 2023 and later only.
   * **Mix of virtual** — more than one delivery method, all of them virtual; reporting years 2023 and later only.
   * **Mix of online and face-to-face** — both an in-person and a virtual delivery method.
   * **Other** — reporting years before 2023 only; also counts programs with no delivery method recorded.
4. A donut chart titled **Delivery Methods** displays each category's share of the total.

#### Additional Notes

* A program activity with more than one delivery method is counted under a **Mix** category rather than under each method, so the delivery method percentages always total 100%.
* Hover over a slice to see the delivery method name, percentage, and program count.
* When a **Session Date Range** filter is applied, **Sessions** and **Hours** count only the sessions that fall inside the range, while **Participants** reflects each matching program's full demographics total.