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Materials Supplies Articles Equipment Description

Human-readable description for the coded Materials Supplies Articles Equipment status in the award’s legislative mandates section. It provides the textual label or explanation associated with the underlying value, such as a status or applicability indicator.

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__legislativeMandates__materialsSuppliesArticlesEquipment__description
Title
Materials Supplies Articles Equipment Description
FPDS Path
award/legislativeMandates/materialsSuppliesArticlesEquipment/description
Description
Human-readable description for the coded Materials Supplies Articles Equipment status in the award’s legislative mandates section. It provides the textual label or explanation associated with the underlying value, such as a status or applicability indicator.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts interpret whether an award’s legislative mandate record relates to materials, supplies, articles, or equipment and how that requirement is characterized. It is useful for reviewing compliance-related award data, classifying mandate applicability, and avoiding misinterpretation of abbreviated or coded entries.
Example Value
NOT APPLICABLE
Observed Non-Null Count
111,458,229

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Display the readable label for a legislative mandate status
  • Review award-level compliance-related classifications
  • Join or compare against the paired coded field for validation

Common Mistakes

  • Using the description as if it were the source code
  • Grouping analytically on free-text values without checking the paired code field

Query Guidance

Select this field with its paired coded field when extracting legislative mandate data. Use it for presentation or QA, and filter or aggregate on the underlying code when the text may vary by formatting, capitalization, or wording.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__legislativeMandates__materialsSuppliesArticlesEquipment__description AS materials_supplies_articles_equipment_description
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__legislativeMandates__materialsSuppliesArticlesEquipment__description IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__award__legislativeMandates__materialsSuppliesArticlesEquipment__description AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__legislativeMandates__materialsSuppliesArticlesEquipment__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.