Formula Calculation within Reusable Components Question

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I have created a reusable component (gallery) that has number of elements that can be turned off or on depending upon their specific use case.  These elements contain formulas along the lines of CountRows(DataSource,ObjectParent=ThisItem.Object).  Currently when I 'turn off' an element I am simply setting the elements 'Visible' attribute to false via a custom input variable.

My question:  Does the element recalculate even if 'Visible' is set to 'false'? If yes, is there a more elegant way to stop the recalculation than simply adding a conditional to the formula itself (will still recalculate but can bypass the processing intensive portion)?

[ShantanuP · Accepted solution]

The formula will be recalculated. You need to use a conditional in the formula.