---
title: minCount
framework: coredata
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: coredata/nsrelationshipdescription/mincount
---

# minCount

The minimum number of managed objects the relationship can reference.

## Declaration

```swift
var minCount: Int { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion If you declare a relationship attribute as optional when defining your entities, the framework only enforces minCount and maxCount when that attribute is not nil. The default value is 0.

## See Also

### Configuring Cardinality

- [isToMany](coredata/nsrelationshipdescription/istomany.md)
- [maxCount](coredata/nsrelationshipdescription/maxcount.md)