FOR each document how many active items are there.
SELECT *,
ARRAY_COUNT(ARRAY true FOR v IN d.items WHEN v.active = "yes" END) AS itemscount
FROM bucket_name AS d WHERE d.`_ns` = "items";
You can do subquery Expression on ARRAY as follows. This allows you can do full query syntax and source of input from parent expression.
SELECT *,
(SELECT RAW COUNT(1) FROM d.items AS item WHERE item.active = "yes")[0] AS itemscount
FROM bucket_name AS d WHERE d.`_ns` = "items";