# What do the various \`source\` types represent on reports

**URL:** <https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/what-do-the-various-source-types-represent-on-reports/492>\
**Category:** Technical Support\
**Tags:** documentation, forms, data\
**Created:** [October 30, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/what-do-the-various-source-types-represent-on-reports/492 "2019-10-30T22:00:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![michael](https://communityhealthtoolkit.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/michael/32/319_2.png) [@michael](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/u/michael)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/what-do-the-various-source-types-represent-on-reports/492/9 "2023-05-30T18:01:24Z")

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I actually thought that the source would have been set to `contact` if the user tapped on the Task from the Contacts tab. Based on your list and specification of “directly from” vs. “link from”, now I understand that even if the user tapped on the Task from the Contacts tab and completed the from, the report `source` would actually be `task` instead of `contact`. Is my understanding correct?

If so, it makes sense why you’d suggest a second `source` for the link from Contact page.

The reason I’m interested in all of this is that I want to know _where users are completing Tasks_ _ **from** _…

- directly from the Tasks page
- accessing from the Contact page
- are they completing _ **any** _ tasks from the household tasks page (haven’t [found](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/how-to-interpret-telemetry-for-household-tasks-task-groups/2777) this in telemetry yet)

I don’t think it’s possible to know any of this today, but setting the `source` would actually make it really easy.

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