# is there an utility for getting the record size in Mainframe

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/is-there-an-utility-for-getting-the-record-size-in-mainframe/76047>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Adabas, Adabas-on-Mainframes, Adabas-Utilities-on-Mainframes, Adabas-on-Windows-UNIX\
**Created:** [January 28, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/is-there-an-utility-for-getting-the-record-size-in-mainframe/76047 "2008-01-28T18:56:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![kick2006](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b487fb/32.png) [@kick2006](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/kick2006)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/is-there-an-utility-for-getting-the-record-size-in-mainframe/76047/1 "2008-01-28T18:56:50Z")

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Hi,

Is there an utility for getting the MAX,MIN,AVG record size on Mainframe?  
there is an utility ADAFIN On Unix or Windows, but I don’t know the regarding utility on Mainframe.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/is-there-an-utility-for-getting-the-record-size-in-mainframe/76047/2 "2008-01-31T13:00:54Z")

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No, unfortunately there is no equivalent to ADAFIN on the mainframe.

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**Author:** ![kick2006](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b487fb/32.png) [@kick2006](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/kick2006)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/is-there-an-utility-for-getting-the-record-size-in-mainframe/76047/3 "2008-02-02T19:08:35Z")

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Thanks for your reply!

And how can I get the Maximum,Minimum,Average record size of a DB-file on Mainframe?  
I want to get the compressed length of actual data per record.

Regards.

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**Author:** ![Matthias1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@Matthias1](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Matthias1)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 12:46pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/is-there-an-utility-for-getting-the-record-size-in-mainframe/76047/4 "2008-02-04T12:46:06Z")

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We got a related discussion here:

[http://tech.forums.softwareag.com/viewtopic.php?t=6095](http://tech.forums.softwareag.com/viewtopic.php?t=6095)

BTW: A disadvantage of ADAFIN is: It needs exclusive rights on the regarding file…

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/is-there-an-utility-for-getting-the-record-size-in-mainframe/76047/5 "2021-04-02T14:49:05Z")

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