Data consolidation is a term used to define the process of summarizing large quantities of information, usually in the form of spreadsheets, into one large worksheet that reflects all of the involved...
I'm not sure if i understand the question, but I believe you're asking if data can be manipulated in a data logger. If this is the question then yes. By changing the data...you are manipulating it.
Data is everything, the quesiton you asked consisted of data. data is the entity on which programs written or work. like library systems it is student details, book details on which program works.