Data that are acquired and transmitted immediately to the ground (as opposed to playback data). Delay is limited to the actual time (propagation delays) required to transmit the data. Source: ESADS, EPO.
Data that is available to users as soon as it is received by the system.
Up-to-the-second, detailed data used to run the business and accessed in read/write mode, usually through predefined transactions.
Information which is updated continuously, so that the most current data is presented.
Data collected by automated instrumentation and telemetered and analyzed quickly enough to influence a decision that affects the monitoring system.
Indicates an active data forwarding collection. The performance information is current, and the data is displayed online in a REAL-TIME DataView window. Real-time performance data is collected at regular intervals and the DataView is refreshed automatically, as soon as the data arrives.
Information on current conditions. Some "real-time" information is real-time in the strictest sense (e.g., calls in queue and current longest wait). Some real-time reports require some history (e.g. the last x calls or x minutes) in order to make a calculation (e.g. service level and average speed of answer). See Screen Refresh.
Real-time data is generally less than 30 days old and has not been quality checked. It exists only in the live ALERT database.
Real-time data denotes information that is delivered immediately after collection. There is no delay in the timeliness of the information provided.