On an i5/OS or z/OS system, PowerExchange Condense stores change data in condense files and optionally condenses it. The condense files store only the successfully completed units of work (UOWs), in chronological order by end time. When an extraction session runs, change data is extracted from the condense files rather than from the change stream. You can run multiple Condense jobs at a time.

Use of PowerExchange Condense is optional on i5/OS and z/OS. On Linux, UNIX, or Windows, use the PowerExchange Logger.