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Dev tools · May 7, 2015

Snapshots

Track analytics events without writing code, from Heap

Snapshots launched on May 7, 2015 with 6 votes, #1,685 of 3,670 launches that month. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.

What it does

Today we’re introducing snapshots, a new feature that lets you attach rich data to events using the same point-and-click interface.

Unlock 2026 Benchmark data → Get end-to-end journey insights to stay ahead. Last year, we launched the Event Visualizer, making analytics integration as simple as clicking around your website or iOS app. Using it, you can start measuring analytics events retroactively, without writing any code. Today we’re introducing snapshots , a new feature that lets you attach rich data to events using the same point-and-click interface. With Heap’s automatic event tracking, you can easily measure the number of times a user wants to make a purchase from a store. But if you want to know what items were purchased, or how much they cost, you’d need to write a tiny bit of tracking code that looks like…from heap.io

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