CiviCRM 4.5.8(really any version, I think) and WP 4.2.4.
In a contact record the Groups tab will show a number. This is the number of the "Regular Groups". Is it possible to also show/combine the Smart Groups number on the Groups tab as well?
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Gary,
the quick answer is no ....the way CiviCRM stores the groups for a contacts is different than the way CiviCRM determines which smart groups a contact is in. There is one group table that references which contact is in which group. This table does not contain smart group references.
See the CiviCRM group architecture here
answered Sep 9, 2015 at 0:50
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To add to Paul's answer - it's not impossible to count smart groups, but it would be very bad for performance. Commented Sep 9, 2015 at 2:20
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Yeah... makes sense... I guess a process or data field could be stored to count the smart groups during the Scheduled Job "Rebuild Smart Group Cache". I don't know Civi and it's data well enough yet... not a programmer but would be really nice to have a Smart Group count or at least some type of indicator instead of absolutely nothing! Thoughts? Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 15:22
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Just curious as to whether anything has changed on this front in the past 4 years? My organization would find it very helpful to see Smart Groups counted in the Groups tab for each contact. They save staff a lot of data management time, so we use very few non-Smart Groups. Yet every time a user pulls up an individual's contact record, they feel compelled to check the Groups tab to make sure the right Smart Groups are there. This constant second-guessing of the system erodes much of the time saved by setting up the Smart Groups. Commented Sep 17, 2019 at 16:18