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title: "Parent Form Functions"
url: "https://helpcentre.esayworkmobile.co.uk/en/article/parent-form-functions"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2024-05-22T10:19:09.461Z"
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# Parent Form Functions

If you're using sub-forms, WorkMobile provides a set of functions that can be called within the sub form in order to fetch data from the parent form.

For example, you may have a parent form which is a sales order, with a sub form containing the repeating order detail lines. Within the parent form, you may have a discount % field. You could then call the PARENT function to fetch the value of this field within the sub form and then use this within a calculation.

### **PARENT**

| **Syntax** | **Where** | **Result** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| \=PARENT(*h)* | *h* is a caption for an item on the parent form | A number |

#### **Description**

The PARENT function allows formulae on sub forms to fetch values from the parent form.

| **Example** | **Result** |
| --- | --- |
| \=PARENT('Discount') | Fetches the *Discount* field value from the parent form. |