OLTP and OLAP are basic terminology of SAP. Online transactional processing(R/3)and Online Analytical processing( BW)。
OLTP:
High availability, higher data volume.
detailed veiw of data.
current data.
Add,modify,delete(update) and read are the data base operations.
relational(flat tables,high normalization) sata structure.
data set: 6-18months.
OLAP:
simple to use,flexible access to data.
view of data: frequently aggregated.
historical view of data.
read only acess.
multidimentional structures.
data set: 2-7years.