Local consolidation structures enable you to evaluate variations on organizational structures without compromising the original data stored on the server—see Local Consolidations for Multiple Data Variations.
You identify whether a consolidation structure is local or server-based by the title bar:
Local copy names end with ‘.cns’
Server-based versions end with ‘(Consolidation)’.
If you decide to implement one of the variations, you would manually make the same changes in the server version of the consolidation structure.
To convert server consolidation structures to local copies:
Open a server consolidation structure—see Managing Server Consolidation Structures.
Optional: To create local copies of all entities in the consolidation structure, select Copy Data Files.