About: Operational analytical processing

Operational analytical processing, or more popularly known as operational analytics, is a subset of data analytics that focuses on improving the operational nature of a business or entity. The main characteristic that distinguishes operational analytics from other types of analytics is that it is analytics on the fly, which means that signals emanating from various parts of a business are processed in real-time to feed back into instant decision-making for the business. Some people refer to this as "continuous analytics," which is another way to emphasize the continuous digital feedback loop that can exist from one part of a business to its other parts.