How does a Parent:child relationship manifest in a saved search?

In a saved search, a Parent:child relationship is effectively utilized to enable grouping and subtotaling in reports. This relationship allows users to organize data hierarchically, which means that related records can be grouped under a parent record. For instance, if you're analyzing sales data, you could group individual line items under their corresponding sales order parent, thus making it easier to see totals per sales order or categories of items sold.

This functionality is particularly valuable for generating summarized reports where it is essential to analyze data at various levels of detail. By using these groupings, users can create subtotals that provide insights into parent records while simultaneously maintaining visibility into their child records, all within a single report view.

This approach not only enhances the clarity of reports but also aids in data analysis, helping to identify trends and relationships between parent and child records in a fundamental and visual manner.