Yep. Already do all of those things- which is what is really leading to the issue.
I have inserted captions (i.e. caption for Table), and in so doing, "Include Chapter Number".
Generally, I start at "Heading 2". However, if the table it under Heading 3, I need it to include that heading as the chapter.
However, if I insert a new Table caption with Heading 3, it will change ALL Table captions to include numbering for Heading 3.
I don't want this. This is problematic for a number of reasons. First, I just plain want it to include the Chapter/Heading for the list level for the text that refers to the information in the Table that this caption is for. Sometimes this is Heading 2, sometimes Heading 3, sometimes, Heading 4, etc. All within one single document.
Second, there are often times where- if I accidentally set it so that all are Heading 3, it will search back in the text for the last incidence of Heading 3. Whether this is 2 sentences or 2 chapters prior to that point. So, I may end up with "Table 3.2.1" which falls in, and is referenced in, Section 5.3.
This is a problem. This problem isn't solved by defining list styles (though, discovering how to do that was very helpful 7 years ago).