Hybrid transactional/analytical processing is a combined OLTP and OLAP system in one. Often they are two separate systems bundled together.

The result of these automated analytics are then used in the traditional OLTP system and used for operations. For example fraud detection or recommendation engines both need to analyse and aggregate records/events to be useful.

Not the same

Not to be confused with a Real time analytics, since this is not combined with an OLTP data system.

Reference

Kleppmann, Martin, and Chris Riccomini. Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems. Second Edition, O’Reilly Media, 2026.