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min() function	The `min()` function selects record with the lowest _value from the input table.	/influxdb/v2.0/reference/flux/functions/transformations/selectors/min /influxdb/v2.0/reference/flux/functions/built-in/transformations/selectors/min/ /influxdb/v2.0/reference/flux/stdlib/built-in/transformations/selectors/min/ /influxdb/cloud/reference/flux/stdlib/built-in/transformations/selectors/min/	flux_0_x_ref name parent min universe	102	selectors transformations	/{{< latest "influxdb" "v1" >}}/query_language/functions/#min, InfluxQL – MIN()	0.7.0

The min() function selects record with the lowest _value from the input table. min() is a selector function.

min(column: "_value")

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Empty tables

min() drops empty tables. {{% /warn %}}

Parameters

column

The column to use to calculate the minimum value. Default is "_value".

tables

Input data. Default is piped-forward data (<-).

Examples

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import "sampledata"

sampledata.int()
    |> min()

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Input data

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Output data

_time	tag	_value
2021-01-01T00:00:00Z	t1	-2

_time	tag	_value
2021-01-01T00:00:20Z	t2	-3

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