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OLTP Vs OLAP

The document discusses the differences between OLTP and OLAP systems. OLTP systems handle transactional data and focus on fast queries and data integrity. OLAP systems analyze aggregated historical data from OLTP sources and are used for reporting, analysis and decision making. The document provides a table comparing key differences between OLTP and OLAP like purpose, data type, queries, processing speed and more.

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OLTP Vs OLAP

The document discusses the differences between OLTP and OLAP systems. OLTP systems handle transactional data and focus on fast queries and data integrity. OLAP systems analyze aggregated historical data from OLTP sources and are used for reporting, analysis and decision making. The document provides a table comparing key differences between OLTP and OLAP like purpose, data type, queries, processing speed and more.

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9/9/2016 OLTP 

vs. OLAP

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  What is Business Intelligence We  can  divide  IT  systems  into  transactional  (OLTP)  and  analytical  (OLAP).  In  general  we  can  assume
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­  OLTP  (On­line  Transaction  Processing)  is  characterized  by  a  large  number  of  short  on­line
transactions  (INSERT,  UPDATE,  DELETE).  The  main  emphasis  for  OLTP  systems  is  put  on  very  fast
query  processing,  maintaining  data  integrity  in  multi­access  environments  and  an  effectiveness
measured by number of transactions per second. In OLTP database there is detailed and current data,
and schema used to store transactional databases is the entity model (usually 3NF). 

­ OLAP (On­line Analytical Processing)  is  characterized  by  relatively  low  volume  of  transactions.


Queries  are  often  very  complex  and  involve  aggregations.  For  OLAP  systems  a  response  time  is  an
effectiveness measure. OLAP applications are widely used by Data Mining techniques. In OLAP database
there is aggregated, historical data, stored in multi­dimensional schemas (usually star schema). 

The following table summarizes the major differences between OLTP and OLAP system design.

OLTP System  OLAP System 
Online Transaction Processing  Online Analytical Processing 
(Operational System) (Data Warehouse)

Source of Operational data; OLTPs are the original source of Consolidation data; OLAP data comes from the various OLTP


data the data. Databases
Purpose of To help with planning, problem solving, and decision
To control and run fundamental business tasks
data support
What the Multi­dimensional views of various kinds of business
Reveals a snapshot of ongoing business processes
data activities
Inserts and Short and fast inserts and updates initiated by end
Periodic long­running batch jobs refresh the data
Updates users
Relatively standardized and simple queries
Queries Often complex queries involving aggregations
Returning relatively few records
Depends on the amount of data involved; batch data
Processing
Typically very fast refreshes and complex queries may take many hours; query
Speed
speed can be improved by creating indexes
Space Larger due to the existence of aggregation structures and
Can be relatively small if historical data is archived
Requirements history data; requires more indexes than OLTP
Database Typically de­normalized with fewer tables; use of star and/or
Highly normalized with many tables
Design snowflake schemas
Backup religiously; operational data is critical to Instead of regular backups, some environments may
Backup and
run the business, data loss is likely to entail consider simply reloading the OLTP data as a recovery
Recovery
significant monetary loss and legal liability method
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