def require_minimum_pandas_version():
    """ Raise ImportError if minimum version of Pandas is not installed
    """
    minimum_pandas_version = '0.23.2'
    from distutils.version import LooseVersion
    try:
        import pandas
        have_pandas = True
    except ImportError:
        have_pandas = False
    if not have_pandas:
        raise ImportError(
            'Pandas >= %s must be installed; however, it was not found.' %
            minimum_pandas_version)
    if LooseVersion(pandas.__version__) < LooseVersion(minimum_pandas_version):
        raise ImportError(
            'Pandas >= %s must be installed; however, your version was %s.' %
            (minimum_pandas_version, pandas.__version__))
