Counting sub-components in a DC

[danbig]

Hi -

Is there a function I can use to count sub-components in a DC?

I wish there were something like

=COUNTIF(Component!Element1)

Where Component is the top-level DC, and Element1 is a subcomponent that is repeated many times within the dynamic component.

[Jim]

Are you using the COPIES feature to create the copies?

If so, the countof a particular sub-component would be =ComponentName!COPIES+1

[danbig]

@unknownuser said:

Are you using the COPIES feature to create the copies?

Sometimes. I'd prefer to use a direct count of the component, if possible.

When I do use the COPIES function, the component I want to count is embedded a few levels in. So I might have:

First Level: Main DC
Second Level: Component to copy
Third Level: Component to count (say 10 copies of this component for every Second Level component)

I suppose I could use the COPIES function on the second level, and multiply by the copies of the Third Level component.