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Closed By

Identifies the person, office, or entity that performed the closure action on the IDV transaction. In FPDS, this is the actor associated with closing out the record, not the contract awardee or program office. The value is typically a coded or abbreviated identifier rather than a full narrative description.

Family: IDV
Category: General
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: attribute
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__transactionInformation__closedBy
Title
Closed By
FPDS Path
IDV/transactionInformation/closedBy
Description
Identifies the person, office, or entity that performed the closure action on the IDV transaction. In FPDS, this is the actor associated with closing out the record, not the contract awardee or program office. The value is typically a coded or abbreviated identifier rather than a full narrative description.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts trace who completed closeout activity and supports oversight of administrative responsibility, workflow accountability, and process timing. It is useful for identifying recurring closeout patterns by agency, office, or closure authority and for reconciling transaction status in lifecycle analysis.
Example Value
DOD_CLOSEOUT
Observed Non-Null Count
669,304

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__transactionInformation__closedBy
FPDS XML Path
IDV/transactionInformation/closedBy
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'IDV/transactionInformation/closedBy' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__IDV__transactionInformation__closedBy'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • closeout accountability analysis
  • workflow or office-level grouping
  • filtering transactions by closure actor

Common Mistakes

  • interpreting the value as the contractor or awardee
  • assuming free-text descriptions when the field is often coded

Query Guidance

Use the field in SELECT, GROUP BY, and WHERE clauses to isolate or count records by closeout actor. When comparing across time or agencies, standardize the text value with TRIM/UPPER and join to a lookup table if available; do not use it as a surrogate for transaction status unless paired with explicit closeout indicators.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__transactionInformation__closedBy AS closed_by
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__transactionInformation__closedBy IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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