How SNAP helps rental car companies, shuttle operators, and parking managers accomplish daily visibility into LPR performance and costs using automated, role-based email reports.
Introduction
Every morning, operations managers face the same question: What happened yesterday? How many vehicles were captured? How accurate was the license plate recognition? What did it cost? Answering these questions used to mean logging into spreadsheets, pulling reports manually, or worse—guessing. SNAP’s daily email reports eliminate that guesswork.
SNAP’s automated daily reports are delivered to your inbox every morning, tailored to your role. Whether you’re a user tracking your own activity, an org admin overseeing your organization, or a system admin monitoring the entire platform, you receive a report that matches your scope. Each report includes snap counts, LPR quality metrics, cost summaries, and—when applicable—a 7-day activity trend chart. Reports are sent only when there’s activity, so you don’t receive empty summaries.
In this guide, you’ll learn how daily reports work, what each report type includes, how to interpret the metrics, and how to get the most value from this feature.
Why This Feature Matters — Visibility Without Effort
- Automation: Reports are generated and sent automatically every morning—no manual work required.
- Role-based insights: Users see their own activity; org admins see organization-wide activity; sys admins see system-wide activity.
- LPR quality tracking: Average confidence and accuracy percentages help you spot camera or lighting issues before they become problems.
- Cost awareness: Previous-day and month-to-date costs keep you informed about usage and billing.
- Timezone-aware: Reports are sent based on your organization’s timezone, so “yesterday” means what you expect.
What You Get When You Use This Feature
Your Workflow
- Enable reports: In your profile settings, ensure “Receive daily summary reports via email” is checked (it’s on by default).
- Go about your day: Create snaps manually or via automation—no extra steps required.
- Receive the report: Each morning (between midnight and 1 AM in your org’s timezone), if there was activity the previous day, you receive an email.
- Review and act: Open the email, review metrics, and use the links to dive into SNAP for more detail.
What the Feature Produces
- User reports: Total snaps, manual vs automated counts, LPR confidence and accuracy, cost summary, 7-day activity chart.
- Org Admin reports: Organization-wide activity, user activity summaries, LPR metrics, cost breakdown.
- Sys Admin reports: System-wide activity, org activity summaries, LPR metrics, cost overview.
Understanding the Results
Activity Summary
| Metric | Description |
|---|---|
| Total Snaps | Number of snaps created the previous day |
| Manual Snaps | Snaps created by users in the web UI |
| Automated Snaps | Snaps created via webhooks or API triggers |
LPR Quality Metrics
| Metric | Description |
|---|---|
| Average LPR Confidence | Mean confidence score from OpenALPR for plates read that day |
| LPR Accuracy Percentage | Proportion of snaps with successful plate reads |
Cost Summary
| Metric | Description |
|---|---|
| Previous Day Cost | Total cost for the previous day (SNAP, LPR, Vehicle Recognition) |
| Month-to-Date Cost | Cumulative cost for the current month |
7-Day Activity Trend
A bar chart shows the last seven days of snap counts. Use it to spot trends, peak days, and anomalies.
Reports and Deliverables
- Email delivery: Reports are sent as HTML emails with links to your profile and the SNAP application.
- On-demand reports: From your profile, you can send or view a previous day’s report for any date.
- No exports: Reports are designed for quick consumption; for detailed analysis, use the Snap report search and filters in SNAP.
Best Practices
- Keep reports enabled: Unless you have a specific reason to disable them, leave daily reports on. They’re a low-effort way to stay informed.
- Review LPR metrics weekly: If average confidence or accuracy drops, investigate camera placement, lighting, or lens cleanliness.
- Use cost data for budgeting: Month-to-date costs help you plan and avoid surprises at invoice time.
- Combine with report search: Use daily reports for the overview; use the Snap report search for detailed investigation of specific dates, sites, or plates.
- Check org timezone: Ensure your organization’s timezone is set correctly so reports align with your business day.
Conclusion
SNAP’s daily email reports give you a clear, automated view of your LPR activity and costs. No manual reporting, no guesswork—just actionable insights in your inbox every morning. Enable the feature in your profile, and let SNAP keep you informed.
Explore SNAP’s report search and other features to get even more value from your license plate recognition data.
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