DESCENDANTS Function

Is used within another function to reference all descendant rows of the parent row's referenced cell.
Sample Usage
COUNT(DESCENDANTS([Clothing Item]1))
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.
Examples

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