Is used within another function to reference all descendant rows of the parent row's referenced cell.
Syntax
DESCENDANTS([parent_cell])
- parent_cell—[optional]The parent cell for which you want to return all descendants. If no cell is specified, the function references all descendants of the current cell.
Sample usage
COUNT(DESCENDANTS([Clothing Item]1))
Examples
Count the number of subtasks for a particular project.
=COUNT(DESCENDANTS())
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