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An '''operational system''' is a term used in [[data warehousing]] to refer to a system that is used to process the day-to-day transactions of an organization. These systems are designed in a manner that processing of day-to-day transactions is performed efficiently and the integrity of the transactional data is preserved.

== Synonyms ==
Sometimes operational systems are referred to as [[operational database]]s, [[transaction processing system]]s, or [[online transaction processing]] systems (OLTP). However, the use of the last two terms as synonyms may be confusing, because operational systems can be [[batch processing]] systems as well.

Any enterprise must necessarily maintain a lot of data about its operation. 

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! Organization
! Probably
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| Manufacturing Company 
| Product data
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| Bank
| Account Data
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| Hospital
| Patient Data
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| University
| Student Data
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| Government Department
| Planning data
|}

==See also==
* [[Data warehouse#Versus operational system|Data warehouses versus operational systems]]
* [[Operating system]] (OS)
* [[Operational data store]], a database used for operational reporting, and as a source of data for a data warehouse

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