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How to create a formula that returns the number of non-empty cells in the Period range.

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If you are looking for a number of cells containing numeric values, then COUNT() function is what you're looking for:

=COUNT(A1:D6)
If you are looking number of cells with non-blank values (numeric or otherwise), then COUNTA() is the right function:

=COUNTA(A1:D6)
The last formula works only if none of the cells have empty strings as values (i.e. none of the cells in the range have ="" or something equivalent in them). If that is the case, then this formula should be used instead:

=SUMPRODUCT((E7:G10<>"") * 1)