Online transaction processing - OLTP

OLTP is short for Online transaction processing. This is a term widely used in business intelligence. Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) describes the way data is processed. Processing can be done by an end user or a computer system. It is detail oriented, highly repetitive with massive amounts of updates and changes of the data by the end user.

In several business intelligence systems OLTP online transaction processing plays a responsible role for business analysis. OLTP is also described for the computers to run on going business operations.

OLTP technology is used mainly in following industries.

• Banking
• Airlines
• Mailorder
• Supermarkets
• Manufacturing

OLTP applications includes following business processes.

• Electronic banking
• Order processing
• Employee scheduling
• e-commerce
• e-trading