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title: numSubordinates
description: This operational attribute holds a count of immediate subordinates of the current entry. (The count therefore does not include entries below immediate subordinates.)
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# numSubordinates

This operational attribute holds a count of immediate subordinates of the current entry. (The count therefore does not include entries below immediate subordinates.)

As `numSubordinates` is an operational attribute client applications must request it explicitly in search results.

Support for the `numSubordinates` attribute is per entry. If it is present then its value is correct. Its absence does not, however, imply that there are no subordinates.

|                             |                                                                                                           |
| --------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *OID*                       | 1.3.6.1.4.1.453.16.2.103                                                                                  |
| *Names*                     | numSubordinates                                                                                           |
| *Description*               | Count of immediate subordinates                                                                           |
| *Syntax*                    | [Integer](s-Integer.html)                                                                                 |
| *Equality matching rule*    | [integerMatch](mr-integerMatch.html)                                                                      |
| *Ordering matching rule*    | [integerOrderingMatch](mr-integerOrderingMatch.html)                                                      |
| *Substring matching rule*   | [caseExactSubstringsMatch](mr-caseExactSubstringsMatch.html)                                              |
| *Single value*              | true                                                                                                      |
| *User modification allowed* | false                                                                                                     |
| *Usage*                     | directoryOperation                                                                                        |
| *Origin*                    | [draft-ietf-boreham-numsubordinates](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-boreham-numsubordinates) |
| *Schema file*               | 00-core.ldif                                                                                              |