In CakePHP how do I save a record without using a Form or View?

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I've looked at CakePHP save without form and tried to adapt that information, but it didn't work for me. I've trying to create a new record.

Situation: I'd like to periodically run a cron job to snapshot some information about my site to another table, in particular, the current number of users. I've created a Model, Analytics and I have a controller with a function named snapshot. I don't want to create a view I just want to grab a count of records and add it to the Analytics table with the current date.

This is the core of that routine:

 $num_users = $this->User->find('count');
 $nw = date("Y-m-d");
 $this->Analytic->create();
 if ($this->Analytic->save(array('Analytic' => array (
                                      'num_users' => $num_users,
                                      'snapshot' => $nw))) ) {
     $this->Session->setFlash(__('The analytic has been saved.'));
     return $this->redirect(array('action' => 'index'));
 } else {
   throw new NotFoundException(__('Cannot save analytics [$num_users]'));
 }

I'm getting an error that the object $this->Analytic doesn't exist.

I'm guessing that ordinarily this object gets created from a form submission of a View. Can I create this object on the fly with a view?

         thanks!

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In CakePHP how do I save a record without using a Form or View?