MINIFS function

Returns the minimum of the values of cells in a range that meets multiple criteria in multiple ranges.

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This function is available since LibreOffice 5.2


Syntax

MINIFS(Func_Range; Range1; Criterion1 [ ; Range2; Criterion2 [;...]]))

Func_Range тАУ required argument. A range of cells, a name of a named range or a label of a column or a row containing values for calculating the minimum.

Criterion1 тАУ required argument. A string expression representing a logical condition or a cell reference to such string expression. The expression can contain text, numbers, regular expressions or wildcards (if enabled in calculation options).

Range2 тАУ Optional. Range2 and all the following mean the same as Range1.

Criterion2 тАУ Optional. Criterion2 and all the following mean the same as Criterion1.

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Func_Range and Range1, Range2... must have the same size, otherwise the function returns err:502 - Invalid argument.


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The logical relation between criteria can be defined as logical AND (conjunction). In other words, if and only if all given criteria are met, a value from the corresponding cell of the given Func_Range is taken into calculation.


The function can have up to 255 arguments, meaning that you can specify 127 criteria ranges and criteria for them.

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If a cell contains TRUE, it is treated as 1, if a cell contains FALSE тАУ as 0 (zero).


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This function is part of the Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) standard Version 1.2. (ISO/IEC 26300:2-2015)


Example

Consider the following table

A

B

C

1

Product Name

Sales

Revenue

2

pencil

20

65

3

pen

35

85

4

notebook

20

190

5

book

17

180

6

pencil-case

not

not


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In all examples below, ranges for calculation contain the row #6, which is ignored because it contains text.


Simple usage

=MINIFS(B2:B6;B2:B6;"<35")

Calculates the minimum of values of the range B2:B6 that are lower than or equal to 20. Returns 17.

=MINIFS(C2:C6;B2:B6;">=20";C2:C6;">90")

Calculates the minimum of values of the range C2:C6 that are lower than 90 and correspond to cells of the B2:B6 range with values greater than or equal to 20. Returns 190.

Using regular expressions and nested functions

=MINIFS(C2:C6;B2:B6;">"&MIN(B2:B6);B2:B6;"<"&MAX(B2:B6))

Calculates the minimum of values of the range C2:C6 that correspond to all values of the range B2:B6 except its minimum and minimum. Returns 65.

=MINIFS(C2:C6;A2:A6;".*book";B2:B6;"<="&MAX(B2:B6))

Calculates the minimum of values of the range C2:C6 that correspond to all cells of the A2:A6 range starting with "pen" and to all cells of the B2:B6 range except its minimum. Returns 180.

Reference to a cell as a criterion

If you need to change a criterion easily, you may want to specify it in a separate cell and use a reference to this cell in the condition of the MINIFS function. For example, the above function can be rewritten as follows:

=MINIFS(C2:C6;A2:A6;".*"&E2;B2:B6;"<"&MAX(B2:B6))

If E2 = "book", the function returns 180, because the reference to the cell is substituted with its content.