What is a SIMPLE way to get a found count of records in a portal?

Thanks for your help!

If you want a running count in the portal, add a summary field in your portal table with Count (that ID field). Set it to running. Or ... you can create a 1-row portal and plop only that summary field in it. You can make the portal invisible so it looks like the field just exists above/below the portal it counts.

Or, you can create a number calculation in your main table with Count ( childTable::IDfield )

FANTASTIC!

I went with the new calculation field Count(child_id) option.

Thank you very much for your help!!