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Is School of Forestry

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a school of forestry in the award record's vendor site details. It is a site-level attribute under the educational-entity classification, not a measure of contract value or performance.

Family: Award
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isSchoolOfForestry
Title
Is School of Forestry
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isSchoolOfForestry
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a school of forestry in the award record's vendor site details. It is a site-level attribute under the educational-entity classification, not a measure of contract value or performance.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards tied to a specific kind of educational institution for targeting, segmentation, and policy analysis. It can support research on federal spending patterns with specialized educational entities and help distinguish these vendors from other schools or nonprofit entities.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Filter awards to those associated with schools of forestry
  • Segment vendor analysis by educational-entity subtype
  • Support compliance or reporting queries involving specialized institutions

Common Mistakes

  • Interpreting the flag as the vendor's overall education status rather than a subtype at the site level
  • Assuming every falsey value is equivalent without verifying the dataset's coding scheme

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses to isolate forestry schools, for example by testing for the affirmative code used in your extract. If the column is coded, compare against the observed affirmative value rather than relying on a generic boolean cast, and combine it with the surrounding educational-entity fields when you need the broader classification context.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isSchoolOfForestry AS is_school_of_forestry
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isSchoolOfForestry IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isSchoolOfForestry AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isSchoolOfForestry IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

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