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Multi Year Contract Description

Human-readable text describing the value of the paired coded field for whether the award is treated as a multi-year contract. It is the descriptive label associated with the underlying multi-year contract status rather than an independent business attribute.

Family: Award
Category: Contract Data
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: description
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__contractData__multiYearContract__description
Title
Multi Year Contract Description
FPDS Path
award/contractData/multiYearContract/description
Description
Human-readable text describing the value of the paired coded field for whether the award is treated as a multi-year contract. It is the descriptive label associated with the underlying multi-year contract status rather than an independent business attribute.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts interpret multi-year contract reporting accurately by translating the coded status into readable text. It supports validation of award structure, obligation timing, and contract strategy analysis where multi-year authority may affect how funds are planned and recorded.
Example Value
NO
Observed Non-Null Count
86,667,607

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__contractData__multiYearContract__description
FPDS XML Path
award/contractData/multiYearContract/description
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/contractData/multiYearContract/description' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__contractData__multiYearContract__description'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building

Common Usage

  • Displaying the readable label for multi-year contract status
  • Validating coded values against source descriptions
  • Supporting summary reports on contract structure

Common Mistakes

  • Treating the description as the authoritative data element instead of the paired code
  • Grouping analytical results by description when the code field should be used

Query Guidance

Select this field with the paired multi-year contract code for readability, but use the code field for joins, filters, and aggregations. When data quality is uncertain, compare distinct description values to observed code values and normalize unexpected labels in a lookup table.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__contractData__multiYearContract__description AS multi_year_contract_description
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__contractData__multiYearContract__description IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__award__contractData__multiYearContract__description AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__contractData__multiYearContract__description IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY value
ORDER BY record_count DESC
LIMIT 25

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.