# Map categories from your Chart of Accounts

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* User permission: Financial Statements > Manage Custom Statements and Administration > Databases and Sync
* See the [Overview of financial statements and dimensions](/financial-statements/getting-started/overview-of-the-link-between-financial-statements-and-dimensions.md) page for more information about the link between dimensions and your financial statements. 
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You can map categories and dimensions from your ERP Chart of Accounts. The process requires the use of the Designer tool in the Administration module.

1. [Open the database design in Designer](/administration/designer.md).
2. [Add your Chart of Accounts file](/administration/designer/design-a-database/add-connect-data-to-a-database.md).
3. [Map the accounts](/administration/designer/design-a-database/map-data-to-the-database.md) to the **Dimension** section. New categories are created for you. These will become available as top-level dimensions in your financial statements.
4. [Rename the new categories](/administration/designer/modify-a-database.md#rename-an-item-1) to something more meaningful.
5. Save your changes and build the database.
6. In Financial Statements, [create a custom statement](/financial-statements/managing-statements/create-a-financial-statement.md) based on one of the new dimensions (categories).

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