# \#ADABAS PLOG convert into text file using any programing language **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum\ **Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Adabas\ **Created:** [January 3, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adabas-plog-convert-into-text-file-using-any-programing-language/289366 "2024-01-03T16:51:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mukunthan\_Sundararajan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@Mukunthan\_Sundararajan2](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Mukunthan_Sundararajan2)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adabas-plog-convert-into-text-file-using-any-programing-language/289366/1 "2024-01-03T16:51:34Z")
Hello I am looking for the following 1. We are trying to use IBM DVM to query the heterogeneous Data. I am sure IBM’s DVM does not support ADABAS (Please correct me if I am wrong). I want to read the PLOG, get the before and after images of the records in a readable format, and build customer utility to push the data to RDBMS. from there, I can take off using IBM DVM to query the data. 2. does Software AG have any utility to achieve - like decompressing the PLOG data into text files and reading using any programming language? how do I get the file structure of Adabas Files? I found some utilities like PLUE and NAT-WORK’s NAT CDC etc. I remember using PLUE but would prefer to build a custom solution by leveraging the SAG utilities if any. 3. if I download the PLOG from the mainframe to the distributed platform. is there any SAG Utility that will help to convert/transform into a text file in Fixed File format and load the same into RDBMS? 4 if any utility is available, will it support all versions of the ADABAS? if at all, do I have to run the Utility on the mainframe to perform the ETL and download 5 looking for something like downloading the PLOG into Distributed and process using any open source programming language like python or [vb.net](http://vb.net) - do I need any special file structure to read the PLOG? where can I find the same, if so? Please Help Thanks in Advance ---
**Author:** ![wolfgang.winter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/wolfgang.winter/32/17954_2.png) [@wolfgang.winter](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/wolfgang.winter)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adabas-plog-convert-into-text-file-using-any-programing-language/289366/2 "2024-01-03T19:32:58Z")
You can use [the ADASEL utility](https://documentation.softwareag.com/adabas/ada854mfr/util/adasel-funov.htm#adasel-funov) to decompress the PLOG records but will have to make sense of the output yourself. A one-stop solution would be [Event Replicator for ADABAS](https://documentation.softwareag.com/arf/4.1.1/en/webhelp/arf-webhelp/arf/intro/arfcwhy.htm#arfcwhy) ---
**Author:** ![Manny\_Klonaris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/manny_klonaris/32/17852_2.png) [@Manny\_Klonaris](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Manny_Klonaris)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adabas-plog-convert-into-text-file-using-any-programing-language/289366/3 "2024-01-03T20:03:39Z")
I think the ADACDC utility is what you are looking for. It “flattens” the before and after image for use to extract and export data. ---
**Author:** ![Mukunthan\_Sundararajan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@Mukunthan\_Sundararajan2](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Mukunthan_Sundararajan2)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 4:28am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adabas-plog-convert-into-text-file-using-any-programing-language/289366/4 "2024-01-04T04:28:18Z")
Thank you so much ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 4:28am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adabas-plog-convert-into-text-file-using-any-programing-language/289366/5 "2024-07-02T04:28:46Z")
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