def takeSnapshot(self, viewName='Flow Statistics', windowsPath=None, isLinux=False, localLinuxPath=None,
                     renameDestinationFile=None, includeTimestamp=False, mode='overwrite'):
        """
        Description
            Take a snapshot of the vieweName statistics.  This is a two step process.
            1> Take a snapshot of the statistics that you want and store it in the C: drive for Windows.
               For Linux, the snapshot goes to /home/ixia_logs.
            2> Copy the statistics from the snapshot locations to the local Linux where you ran the script..

        Parameters
            viewName: The name of the statistics to get.
            windowsPath: For Windows|WindowsConnectionMgr only.
                         The C: drive + path to store the snapshot: Example: c:\\Results.
            isLinux: <bool>: Defaults to False.  Set to True if you're getting the snapshot from Linux chassis.
            localLinuxPath: None|path. Provide the local Linux path to put the snapshot file.
                            If None, this API won't copy the stat file to local Linux.
                            The stat file will remain on Windows c: drive.
            renameDestinationFile: None or a name of the file other than the viewName.
            includeTimestamp: True|False: To include a timestamp at the end of the file.
            mode: append|overwrite: append=To append stats to an existing stat file.
                                    overwrite=Don't append stats. Create a new stat file.

        Example:
            For Windows:
               statObj.takeSnapshot(viewName='Flow Statistics', windowsPath='C:\\Results', localLinuxPath='/home/hgee',
                           renameDestinationFile='my_renamed_stat_file.csv', includeTimestamp=True)

            For Linux:
               statObj.takeSnapshot(viewName='Flow Statistics', isLinux=True, localLinuxPath='/home/hgee')
        """
        if mode == 'append':
            mode = 'kAppendCSVFile'

        if mode == 'overwrite':
            mode = 'kOverwriteCSVFile'

        if windowsPath:
            location = windowsPath

        if isLinux:
            location = '/home/ixia_logs'

        data = {'arg1': [viewName], 'arg2': [
                            "Snapshot.View.Contents: \"allPages\"",
                            "Snapshot.View.Csv.Location: \"{0}\"".format(location),
                            "Snapshot.View.Csv.GeneratingMode: \"%s\"" % mode,
                            "Snapshot.View.Csv.StringQuotes: \"True\"",
                            "Snapshot.View.Csv.SupportsCSVSorting: \"False\"",
                            "Snapshot.View.Csv.FormatTimestamp: \"True\"",
                            "Snapshot.View.Csv.DumpTxPortLabelMap: \"False\"",
                            "Snapshot.View.Csv.DecimalPrecision: \"3\""
                            ]
                }

        url = self.ixnObj.sessionUrl+'/operations/takeviewcsvsnapshot'
        response = self.ixnObj.post(url, data=data)
        self.ixnObj.waitForComplete(response, self.ixnObj.httpHeader + response.json()['url'])
        if isLinux:
            snapshotFile = location + '/' + viewName + '.csv'
            self.fileMgmtObj.copyFileLinuxToLocalLinux(linuxApiServerPathAndFileName=snapshotFile, localPath=localLinuxPath,
                                                        renameDestinationFile=renameDestinationFile,
                                                        includeTimestamp=includeTimestamp)

        if windowsPath and localLinuxPath:
            # Get the snapshot. Use the csvFilename that was specified and the location
            self.fileMgmtObj.copyFileWindowsToLocalLinux('{0}\\{1}.csv'.format(windowsPath, viewName), localLinuxPath,
                                                         renameDestinationFile=renameDestinationFile,
                                                         includeTimestamp=includeTimestamp)