Snapshots are saved on classification objects in JSON strings. One snapshot is captured for each Snapshot Recorder that is linked to the Snapshot Configuration for the screen. A reference is created between the Snapshot and the Snapshot Configuration that created it.
The Snapshot contains all of the data that was defined in the Snapshot Recorders configuration. The data of the Snapshot is organized by Recorder.
A Snapshot Configuration reference is created from the snapshot classification to the desired Snapshot Configuration.
Snapshot Configurations
Snapshot configurations are classifications kept in workbench, used for screens in Web UI, where they determine which contexts to capture data from, and any customer-defined change in events. This could be a change in a workflow state, a trigger by an inbound or outbound integration endpoint, or a change by derived events through an Event Processor. Once the defined change in an event has taken place, a snapshot recorder is used to help take note of the change and record any changes.
Refer to the Snapshot Configuration topic in the Change Reports segment of the PLM for Admins section of the Product Lifecycle Management documentation here.