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lowestCurrent() function

lowestCurrent() selects the last record from each input table and returns the lowest n records.

Note: lowestCurrent() drops empty tables.

Function type signature
(<-tables: stream[A], n: int, ?column: string, ?groupColumns: [string]) => stream[A] where A: Record

For more information, see Function type signatures.

Parameters

n

(Required) Number of records to return.

column

Column to evaluate. Default is _value.

groupColumns

List of columns to group by. Default is [].

tables

Input data. Default is piped-forward data (<-).

Examples

Return the lowest current value from a stream of tables

import "sampledata"

sampledata.int()
    |> lowestCurrent(n: 1, groupColumns: ["tag"])

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