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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion src/_data/catalog/destination_categories.yml
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# destination categories last updated 2021-06-22
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You can only map each trait or property to one Custom Dimension at a time.

When you finish mapping your dimensions and save the settings, Segment checks if the user traits and properties in [Identify](/docs/connections/spec/identify/), [Track](/docs/connections/spec/track/) and [Page](/docs/connections/spec/page/) calls are defined as a dimension. If they are defined in your mapping, Segment sends that dimension to Google Analytics.
When you finish mapping dimensions and save the settings, Segment checks if the user traits and properties in [Identify](/docs/connections/spec/identify/), [Track](/docs/connections/spec/track/) and [Page](/docs/connections/spec/page/) calls are defined as a dimension. If they are defined in your mapping, Segment sends that dimension to Google Analytics.

**Note:** Traits in [Identify calls](/docs/connections/spec/identify) that map to Custom Dimensions are only recorded to Google Analytics when the next [Track call](/docs/connections/spec/track) or [Page call](/docs/connections/spec/page) is fired from the browser.
In the server-side integration, you can opt-in to mapping top-level and `context` object fields to dimensions and metrics using the **Enable Mappings from Top-Level or Context Fields - Server Side Only** setting. If this setting is enabled, top-level and `context` object fields defined in the **Custom Dimensions** mapping and found in [Identify](/docs/connections/spec/identify/), [Track](/docs/connections/spec/track/), [Page](/docs/connections/spec/page/) and [Screen](/docs/connections/spec/screen) calls are sent to Google Analytics.

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> Traits in [Identify calls](/docs/connections/spec/identify) that map to Custom Dimensions are only recorded to Google Analytics when the next [Track call](/docs/connections/spec/track) or [Page call](/docs/connections/spec/page) is fired from the browser.

Continuing the example above, we can set the **Gender** trait with the value of **Male**, which maps to `dimension9`, and it will be passed to Google Analytics _when we make the 'Viewed History' Track call_.

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