Consolidation is a process of merging data from all the beans linked to a master bean to create a golden record. You can run the consolidation batch job to consolidate the records.
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The consolidation batch job uses the data source settings and the enrichment settings if enrichment is enabled. Enrichment is the process of enhancing Salesforce records with consolidated data from the master beans after you run the consolidation batch job. Enrichment is part of the consolidation process if you enable it.