Data snapshots are like database views on selected transaction data tables at a specific point in time. Snapshots help analysts, HR practioners, and other business stakeholders to plot trends such as headcount, FTE, worker count, and years of service. This in turn helps organizations examine upward and downward trends, conduct causal analysis of factors impacting those trends, and take corrective measures. Snapshots can be taken for every year, quarter, month, and even daily.