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title: ''
description: Telegraf plugin for aggregating metrics using Minimum-Maximum
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1/aggregator-plugins/minmax/
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product: Telegraf Enterprise
version: v1
publisher: InfluxData
canonical: https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1/aggregator-plugins/minmax/
date: '2026-05-21T20:10:18+02:00'
lastmod: '2026-05-21T20:10:18+02:00'
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* Telegraf v1.1.0+

[Plugin source](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/v1.39.1/plugins/aggregators/minmax/)[Download configuration](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/influxdata/telegraf/refs/tags/v1.39.1/plugins/aggregators/minmax/sample.conf)

# Minimum-Maximum Aggregator Plugin

This plugin aggregates the minimum and maximum values of each field it sees,
emitting the aggrate every `period` seconds with field names suffixed by `_min`and `_max` respectively.

**Introduced in:** Telegraf v1.1.0**Tags:** statistics**OS support:** all

## Global configuration options

Plugins support additional global and plugin configuration settings for tasks
such as modifying metrics, tags, and fields, creating aliases, and configuring
plugin ordering. See [CONFIGURATION.md](/telegraf/v1/configuration/#plugins) for more details.

## Configuration

```toml
# Keep the aggregate min/max of each metric passing through.
[[aggregators.minmax]]
  ## General Aggregator Arguments:
  ## The period on which to flush & clear the aggregator.
  # period = "30s"

  ## If true, the original metric will be dropped by the
  ## aggregator and will not get sent to the output plugins.
  # drop_original = false
```

## Measurements & Fields

* measurement1
  * field1\_max
  * field1\_min

## Tags

No tags are applied by this aggregator.

## Example Output

```text
system,host=tars load1=1.72 1475583980000000000
system,host=tars load1=1.6 1475583990000000000
system,host=tars load1=1.66 1475584000000000000
system,host=tars load1=1.63 1475584010000000000
system,host=tars load1_max=1.72,load1_min=1.6 1475584010000000000
system,host=tars load1=1.46 1475584020000000000
system,host=tars load1=1.39 1475584030000000000
system,host=tars load1=1.41 1475584040000000000
system,host=tars load1_max=1.46,load1_min=1.39 1475584040000000000
```