## Syntax
```mermaid
%%{init: {
'theme': 'base',
'flowchart': { 'padding': '7', 'nodeSpacing': '20', 'rankSpacing': '20' },
'themeVariables': {
'fontSize': '11px',
'fontFamily': 'Arial'
}
}}%%
flowchart TD
countAggregateFunction_start((START))
countAggregateFunction_start --> countAggregateFunction_0_0[COUNT]:::quoted
countAggregateFunction_0_0 --> countAggregateFunction_0_1["("]:::quoted
countAggregateFunction_0_1 --> countAggregateFunction_0_2[DISTINCT]:::quoted
countAggregateFunction_0_1 --> countAggregateFunction_0_3[<a href="Invantive UniversalSQL/Grammar/Query Statement/Select Statement#part" class="internal-link">part</a>]
countAggregateFunction_0_2 --> countAggregateFunction_0_3[<a href="Invantive UniversalSQL/Grammar/Query Statement/Select Statement#part" class="internal-link">part</a>]
countAggregateFunction_0_3 --> countAggregateFunction_0_4[")"]:::quoted
countAggregateFunction_0_4 --> countAggregateFunction_end((END))
```
## Purpose
Group function to find the number of values from a group of values.