Synopsis

Calculates the minimum of the values in a specified column in the search query results.

Syntax

^{min [column_name]}

Required Arguments

^column_name

Syntax: <character string>

Description: The name of a column header that has numeric values

Optional Arguments

None

Description

From all the search query results, returns the minmum value in the specified column_name.

Examples

Example 1:  

^{* in log.access | min Bytes Sent} 

Returns the minimum value of the column Bytes Sent in the events from access log.

Example 2:  

^{http in log.iis log| min time-taken | group by c-ip} 

From the events from log.iss log that have the text http in their column values, finds and returns the minimum value in the time-taken column per each c-ip column value.