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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions src/_includes/content/cloud-app-note.md
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{% assign currentIntegration = site.data.catalog.sources.items | where: "slug", currentSlug | first %}
{% if currentIntegration.url contains "cloud-apps" or page.path contains "cloud-apps" %}
{% if currentIntegration.isCloudEventSource %}
<div class="premonition success"><div class="fa fa-check-square"></div><div class="content"><p class="header">Good to know: Event source</p>
<div class="premonition success"><div class="fa fa-check-square"></div><div class="content"><p class="header">Good to know: Event Cloud source</p>
<p markdown=1>The {{ page.title }} is an **event** source. This means that it sends data as events, which are behaviors or occurrences tied to a user and a point in time. Data from these sources can be loaded into your Segment warehouses, and **also** sent to Segment streaming destinations. [Learn more about cloud sources.](/docs/connections/sources/#cloud-apps)</p>
</div></div>
{% else %}

<div class="premonition success"><div class="fa fa-check-square"></div><div class="content"><p class="header">Good to know: Object source</p><p markdown=1>The {{ page.title }} is an **object** source. This means that it sends information (traits) about a thing that exists and persists over time, such as a person or company, and which can be updated over time. Data from this source can only be exported directly to a warehouse, but it can then be used for further analysis. [Learn more about cloud sources.](/docs/connections/sources/#cloud-apps)</p></div></div>
<div class="premonition success"><div class="fa fa-check-square"></div><div class="content"><p class="header">Good to know: Object Cloud source</p><p markdown=1>The {{ page.title }} is an **object** source. This means that it sends information (traits) about a thing that exists and persists over time, such as a person or company, and which can be updated over time. Data from this source can only be exported directly to a warehouse, but it can then be used for further analysis. [Learn more about cloud sources.](/docs/connections/sources/#cloud-apps)</p></div></div>
{% endif %}
{% endif %}
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{% endcodeexampletab %}
{% endcodeexample %}
{% endcomment %}
---


## Types of sources
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* [Mobile](#mobile)
* [Server](#server)
* [Cloud App](#cloud-apps)
* [Object Cloud](#object-cloud-sources)
* [Event Cloud](#event-cloud-sources)
* User-created [Source Functions](/docs/connections/sources/source-functions/)


Web, Mobile, and Server sources send first-party data from your digital properties. Cloud-app sources send data about your users from your connected web apps such as [Zendesk](/docs/connections/sources/catalog/cloud-apps/zendesk/), [Stripe](/docs/connections/sources/catalog/cloud-apps/stripe/), and [Braze](/docs/connections/sources/catalog/cloud-apps/braze/).

## Create a source
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description="Analytics and data collection is a very broad topic and it can be quite overwhelming. How do you get started?"
%}

---


## Mobile

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- [Swift](/docs/connections/sources/catalog/libraries/mobile/swift-ios/)
- [Xamarin](/docs/connections/sources/catalog/libraries/mobile/xamarin)

---


## Server

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> info "Cloud-mode tracking"
> Server-side data management is when tag sends data to the Segment servers, which then passes that data to the destination system.

---


## Cloud Apps

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Segment's [Pixel Tracking API](/docs/connections/sources/catalog/libraries/server/pixel-tracking-api/) lets you track events from environments where you can't execute code, like tracking email opens.

| Event name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Email Delivered | The message has been successfully delivered to the receiving server |
| Email Opened | The recipient has opened the HTML message. You need to enable Open Tracking for getting this type of event. |
| Email Link Clicked | The recipient clicked on a link within the message. You need to enable Click Tracking for getting this type of event. |
| Email Bounced | The receiving server could not or would not accept message. |
| Email Marked as Spam | The recipient marked message as spam. |
| Unsubscribe | The recipient clicked on message's subscription management link. |
| Event name | Description |
| -------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Email Delivered | The message has been successfully delivered to the receiving server. |
| Email Opened | The recipient has opened the HTML message. You need to enable Open Tracking for getting this type of event. |
| Email Link Clicked | The recipient clicked on a link within the message. You need to enable Click Tracking for getting this type of event. |
| Email Bounced | The receiving server could not or would not accept message. |
| Email Marked as Spam | The recipient marked message as spam. |
| Unsubscribe | The recipient clicked on message's subscription management link. |