# Payment Method Snapshots

A Payment Method Snapshot is a copy of the particular Payment Method used in a transaction. If the Payment Method is deleted, the Snapshot continues to retain the data used in each of the past transactions. 
As such, the Snapshot helps with display of historical transactions, integrations to external systems, and reporting.


## CRUD: Retrieve a payment method snapshot

 - [GET /v1/object/payment-method-snapshot/{id}](https://developer.zuora.com/v1-api-reference/api/payment-method-snapshots/object_getpaymentmethodsnapshot.md): This REST API reference describes how to retrieve a Payment Method Snapshot.

A Payment Method Snapshot is a copy of the particular Payment Method used in a transaction. If the Payment Method is deleted, the Payment Method Snapshot continues to retain the data used in each of the past transactions.

### Notes
The following Payment Method fields are not available in Payment Method Snapshots:

* Active
* AchAddress1
* AchAddress2
* CreatedById
* CreatedDate
* UpdatedById
* UpdatedDate

The Payment Method Snapshot field PaymentMethodId is not available in Payment Methods.