# StartDays

The number of days ago that the period for which you are generating snapshots starts.

If you set TimeSpanSnapshot to `True`, set `StartDays` to the start of the period for which to take snapshots. You specify the length of each snapshot and the interval between them by setting the Period and Gap parameters. Use EndDays to specify the end of the snapshot period.

If you set TimeSpanSnapshot to `False`, ClusterSnapshot takes one snapshot of the entire period that begins with `StartDays`.

Actions: | ClusterSnapshot
Type: | Long
Default: |
Example: | `TimeSpanSnapshot=True StartDays=20 EndDays=11 Period=2 Gap=1` In this example, the time span in which snapshots are taken is `9` days. It starts `20` days ago (the current date minus 20) and ends `11` days ago (the current date minus 11). Each snapshot that is taken spans `2` days. Every time a snapshot is completed, `1` day elapses before the next snapshot starts.
See Also: | EndDays Gap Period TimeSpanSnapshot

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