Transactional Data (Bewegungsdaten)

In Data Management, dynamic data or transactional data is information that is periodically updated, meaning it changes asynchronously over time as new information becomes available.

This concept is important in data management since the time scale of the data determines how it is processed and stored.

Data that is not dynamic is considered either static (unchanging) or persistent — data that is infrequently accessed and unlikely to be modified. Such data is called Master Data.

Transactional data is also defined as a Fact Table, whereas Master Data is considered a Dimension.

• Financial or business transactions
• Sales orders and invoices
• Inventory movements
• System logs and audit trails
• Sensor / IoT readings

Other Definitions

Dynamic data — or in German, “Bewegungsdaten”.

Origin: Dimensional Modeling