OLTP
• Online transactional processing (OLTP) is designed to efficiently process high volumes of transactions, instantly recording business events (such as a sales invoice payment) and reflecting changes as they occur.
• R/3, ECC System
OLAP
• Online analytical processing (OLAP) is designed for analysis and decision support, allowing exploration of often hidden relationships in large amounts of data by providing unlimited views of multiple relationships at any cross-section of defined business dimensions.
• BW, APO, SEM, SCM System
Note:
• You can check via System Status > Component at SAP level
• You can check via transaction code DBACOCKPIT
