MINIFS function
Returns the minimum of the values of cells in a range that meets multiple criteria in multiple ranges.
MINIFS(Func_Range; Range1; Criterion1 [ ; Range2; Criterion2 [;...]]))
Func_Range – 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.
Func_Range and Range1, Range2... must have the same size, otherwise the function returns err:502 - Invalid argument.
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.
If a cell contains TRUE, it is treated as 1, if a cell contains FALSE – as 0 (zero).
This function is part of the Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) standard Version 1.2. (ISO/IEC 26300:2-2015)
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 |
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.
