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Information Technology Commercial Item Category

Human-readable description of the information technology commercial item category associated with the award record. This field identifies the category assigned to the IT commercial item classification, typically as a short code or label rather than a long narrative.

Family: Award
Category: Product Or Service Information
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: attribute
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__productOrServiceInformation__informationTechnologyCommercialItemCategory
Title
Information Technology Commercial Item Category
FPDS Path
award/productOrServiceInformation/informationTechnologyCommercialItemCategory
Description
Human-readable description of the information technology commercial item category associated with the award record. This field identifies the category assigned to the IT commercial item classification, typically as a short code or label rather than a long narrative.
Business Meaning
It helps analysts segment IT procurements, identify commercial IT buying patterns, and support reporting on technology acquisitions across agencies and contract types. The field is useful for filtering awards into comparable groups when analyzing IT spend, commercial item usage, and procurement compliance trends.
Example Value
Z
Observed Non-Null Count
59,047,684

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__productOrServiceInformation__informationTechnologyCommercialItemCategory
FPDS XML Path
award/productOrServiceInformation/informationTechnologyCommercialItemCategory
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/productOrServiceInformation/informationTechnologyCommercialItemCategory' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__productOrServiceInformation__informationTechnologyCommercialItemCategory'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • filtering awards for IT-related commercial item analysis
  • grouping procurement records by IT commercial category
  • reviewing patterns in commercial IT acquisition classification

Common Mistakes

  • assuming the field contains a full narrative description when it may be a compact code or label
  • using the value alone without validating its meaning against the source code set or observed distribution

Query Guidance

Use this field in SELECT, WHERE, and GROUP BY clauses to segment or count IT commercial item categories, but validate distinct values first. When possible, join to or decode the underlying code set rather than hard-coding interpretations from a single observed value.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__productOrServiceInformation__informationTechnologyCommercialItemCategory AS information_technology_commercial_item_category
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__productOrServiceInformation__informationTechnologyCommercialItemCategory IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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