Regular snapshots of project information for trend analysis

Hi folks,
I am working with a client who wants to take regular (monthly) snapshots of Project Server data, specifically project status, estimated, actuals, resource allocations etc. I note that 2007 and 2010 doesn't have anything OOTB besides BL functionality, does
Project Server 2013 offer anything new in this area?
Example: we want to match SAP actuals with Project Server current/estimates and record monthly snapshots of this information so we can do trend analysis. Is it possible in Project Server 2013 OOTB to take monthly snapshots beyond BL 10+1 ?
Thanks,
Gavin.

Hi Gavin,
As Guillaume and Sachin have correctly stated, there is no monthly snapshotting functionality OOTB. The easiest solution is to do this via SQL. I blogged about a simple example a few years back, see below:
http://pwmather.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/projectserver-data-snapshot-for-reporting-ps2010-msproject-sp2010-excel-ssrs-sql/
That should give you an idea.
Paul
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