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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p><b>Transaction data</b> or <b>transaction information</b> is a category of <a href="Data" title="Data">data</a> describing <a href="Transaction_processing" title="Transaction processing">transactions</a>. Transaction data/information gather variables generally referring to <a href="Reference_data" title="Reference data">reference data</a> or <a href="Master_data" title="Master data">master data</a> – e.g. dates, times, time zones, currencies.
</p><p>Typical transactions are:
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<ul><li><a href="Financial_transactions" class="mw-redirect" title="Financial transactions">Financial transactions</a> about orders, invoices, payments;</li>
<li>Work transactions about plans, activity records;</li>
<li><a href="Logistics" title="Logistics">Logistic transactions</a> about deliveries, storage records, travel records, etc..</li></ul>
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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="Records_management" title="Records management">Records management</a></div>
<p>Recording and storing transactions is called <a href="Records_management" title="Records management">records management</a>. The record of the transaction is stored in a place where the <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/retention" class="extiw external" title="wikt:retention">retention</a> can be guaranteed and where data is archived or removed following a <a href="Retention_period" title="Retention period">retention period</a>. Formats of recorded transactions can be digital data in <a href="Databases" class="mw-redirect" title="Databases">databases</a> and <a href="Spreadsheets" class="mw-redirect" title="Spreadsheets">spreadsheets</a>, or handwritten texts in physical documents like former <a href="Bankbook" class="mw-redirect" title="Bankbook">bankbooks</a>.
</p><p><a href="Transaction_processing_system" title="Transaction processing system">Transaction processing systems</a> are <a href="Application_software" title="Application software">application software</a> that generate transactions and manage transaction data/information, e.g. <a href="SAP_ERP" title="SAP ERP">SAP</a> and <a href="Oracle_Financials" class="mw-redirect" title="Oracle Financials">Oracle Financials</a>.
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<p>Transaction data can be summarised in a <a href="Data_warehouse" title="Data warehouse">data warehouse</a>, which helps accessibility and analysis of the data.
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<ul><li><a href="Data_modeling" title="Data modeling">Data modeling</a></li>
<li><a href="Data_architecture" title="Data architecture">Data architecture</a></li>
<li><a href="Information_lifecycle_management" title="Information lifecycle management">Information lifecycle management</a>, process of administering digital data storage and applying policies for effective information management</li></ul>
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