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Computes the minimum value of a field, array or range.
You can also specify which records of the field should be included.

Usage:

Minimum( fld )
Minimum( fld, condFld )
Minimum( fld, condFld, cond )
Minimum( array or range )

Parameters:

fld	The name of a field whose values should be used to calculate the minimum value.
condFld	The name of the field that groups the values of fld (if fld isn't an array).
cond	A string declaring the type of grouping to be used on condFld. This only makes sense for groups based on Date, DateTime, Time, and Boolean fields. See Summary Field Conditions for a list of strings you can use here.
array or range	The name of an array or range variable whose elements should be used to calculate the minimum value.

Returns:

Fractional numeric minimum value of the field or array

Examples:

//returns the minimum value of the array
minimum([2,5,3,2,9,6,4,3,2,5,7,8,5,1,3,6,4])	//returns 1

//returns the minimum value of the database field
minimum({Sales.Sales_Amount})

//returns the minimum Sales_Amount grouped by Vendors
minimum({Sales.Sales_Amount, Vendors.Vendor})

//a formula that depends on the minimum value of Sales_Amount
numberVar min = minimum({Sales.Sales_Amount});
if {Sales.Sales_Amount} > min * 4 then
	red;
if {Sales.Sales_Amount} > min * 3 then
	blue;
if {Sales.Sales_Amount} > min * 2 then
	black;

Notes:

If the values in fld should be grouped, a group based on condFld is needed. If the group does not exist in the report, you can add it using i-net Designer or using API method: Engine.addGroup.