The count-based catalog displays the count of specimens along with their respective data. You can create the 'Search query' to use aggregate counts to display specimen counts instead of the list of actual specimens in the Catalog. E.g., count specimens for each type, per patient, visit, etc.
Steps to create the catalog:
Refer to this page for basic steps for catalog creationhttps://openspecimen.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CAT/pages/2546466817/Catalogs+Creation#Create-Catalog
For the specimen-count catalog, make sure that the query has a count aggregate filter added on the specimen label
The query result will show the specimen count column.