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Fax No

Stores the telephone fax number for the vendor location associated with the award record. It is a contact attribute for the specific site, not a contract action amount, identifier, or descriptive code.

Family: Award
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: attribute
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__faxNo
Title
Fax No
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/faxNo
Description
Stores the telephone fax number for the vendor location associated with the award record. It is a contact attribute for the specific site, not a contract action amount, identifier, or descriptive code.
Business Meaning
This field can help analysts validate vendor contact details, distinguish between vendor locations, and support record quality checks or contact normalization workflows. It may also be useful when comparing site-level information across awards or identifying duplicate or inconsistent vendor records.
Example Value
7024020605
Observed Non-Null Count
58,241,103

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__faxNo
FPDS XML Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/faxNo
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/faxNo' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__faxNo'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • vendor contact validation
  • site-level record matching
  • data quality and deduplication checks

Common Mistakes

  • using it as a vendor identifier
  • casting it to numeric and dropping formatting or leading zeros

Query Guidance

Select and filter it as a text field. Use normalization functions only if needed for cleanup, and compare it alongside vendor name, address, and identifiers; for example, WHERE faxNo IS NOT NULL or GROUP BY faxNo after standardizing punctuation if deduplication is required.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__faxNo AS fax_no
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__faxNo IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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