Hi @kevin b103 thanks for posting in the community! I would recommend using Formulas to achieve this- specifically the 'COUNT' function. Please read through this article from the Lucidchart Help Center and our Lucid Formulas documentation for some information on this.

Feel free to let me know if you have any questions. Hope this helps!

Hmm  I am still running into some problems. I am not seeing how to reference the shapes in a diagram.  

Here is a screen shot of a shape where I have setup a custom data field called "Type" with the "Camera" as the variable.  

I am trying to find the nomenclature to give feedback that shows the number of objects that has "Camera" in the "Type" field.  

=count(DESCENDANTS(PAGE)"Type") or 

=COUNT(@Type."Camera")

or...????

Hi Kevin you've got a great start - the correct formula is a combination of the two you drafted about! Try:

=COUNTIF(DESCENDANTS(page) @'Type' = 'Camera')

COUNTIF will tally elements that meet a specific condition DESCENDANTS(page) references the shapes that contain the property you want to count then the criteria following @ are the requirements the shapes need to meet in order to be counted. 

Give this a try and let me know if you have any additional questions!

YES!!  That does it.  Thank you for the direction on this!!

I'm glad to hear it Kevin! Let me know if you have more questions.