Finds the smallest number for the specified field over a set of events. Result is returned in a field named _min.

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
asstringoptional[a]_min Name of output field.
field[b]stringrequired  Field to extract a number from.
typestringoptional[a]  description

[a] Optional parameters use their default value unless explicitly set

[b] The argument name field can be omitted.

Omitted Argument Names

The argument name for field can be omitted; the following forms of this function are equivalent:

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min("value")

and:

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min(field="value")

min() Examples

Return what was the minimum responsetime:

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min(responsetime)

Filter for events with a responsetime greater than 5 seconds:

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min(responsetime)
|_min> 5