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Product or Service Code

Coded value that classifies the product or service associated with the IDV award. It is an FPDS reference code, not a narrative description, and usually represents a standard procurement category such as the example 7110.

Family: IDV
Category: Product Or Service Information
Data Type: identifier_or_code
Semantic Type: identifier
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__productOrServiceInformation__productOrServiceCode
Title
Product or Service Code
FPDS Path
IDV/productOrServiceInformation/productOrServiceCode
Description
Coded value that classifies the product or service associated with the IDV award. It is an FPDS reference code, not a narrative description, and usually represents a standard procurement category such as the example 7110.
Business Meaning
This field is used to group and compare awards by what the government is buying, supporting spend analysis, category management, and market segmentation. It helps analysts identify concentration in goods or services, track buying patterns over time, and compare activity across agencies, vendors, and vehicles.
Example Value
7110
Observed Non-Null Count
5,851,709

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Market segmentation by industry or PSC

Common Usage

  • Spend rollups by product/service category
  • Filtering awards for a specific supply or service group
  • Trend analysis of buying patterns across fiscal years

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the code is a plain-text description
  • Grouping without normalizing to the official code set

Query Guidance

Use this field as a grouping and join key for category analysis, for example in WHERE, GROUP BY, and JOIN clauses. Compare against exact code values or a maintained lookup table; do not use partial-text matching unless the source explicitly stores descriptive text.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__productOrServiceInformation__productOrServiceCode AS product_or_service_code
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__productOrServiceInformation__productOrServiceCode IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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