---
title: "Smart Plan: minimize"
slug: "smart-plan-minimize"
description: "Set a minimum limit for a certain criterion that each territory must have."
tags: ["Balancing Criteria", "Smart Plans"]
updated: 2025-12-18T16:59:52Z
published: 2025-12-18T16:59:52Z
canonical: "support.fullcast.com/smart-plan-minimize"
---

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# Smart Plan: minimize

Set a minimum limit for a certain criterion that each territory must have.

## Add minimize criteria

1. [Create a Smart Plan](/v1/docs/create-a-smart-plan).
2. In the **Balancing Criteria** field, click **Add Criteria**.
3. Select **Minimize**.
4. In the **Set Minimum Value** field, type a number for the minimum limit.
5. Click **Create Criteria** and use the [filter builder](/v1/docs/using-filter-builder-to-create-criteria) to add conditions that filters the criteria included in the territory balancing.
6. Complete the remaining sections for Smart Plan.
7. Click **Save & Exit**.

## Minimize examples

****Minimum 4 records with 50 or more employees****

**Scenario:** A node contains a total of 1,020 records that you want to divide into three territories with a minimum of 4 records where there are 50 or more employees.

**Configuration:**

- **Number of territories to build:** `3`
- **Set Minimum Value:** `4`
- **Set filter criteria:** `[fio_numberOfEmployees] Is greater than or equal to ‘50’`

**Result:** Autogenerates three child nodes (Node_1, Node_2, Node_3) where a 642 records that include 50 or more employees are equally divided to each territory. The remaining records are placed in unassigned.