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Is Veterinary College

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is a veterinary college. It identifies records where the entity associated with the vendor site is classified as a veterinary school or college under the type-of-educational-entity hierarchy.

Family: IDV
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__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isVeterinaryCollege
Title
Is Veterinary College
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isVeterinaryCollege
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is a veterinary college. It identifies records where the entity associated with the vendor site is classified as a veterinary school or college under the type-of-educational-entity hierarchy.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards flowing to veterinary colleges, which can matter for higher-education spending reviews, research and training analysis, socioeconomic or institution-type segmentation, and compliance checks tied to educational entity categories.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

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

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 veterinary college vendors
  • Segment higher-education recipients by institution type
  • Support compliance or policy analysis for educational entities

Common Mistakes

  • Using the flag as proof that the vendor is an educational institution in general
  • Assuming 0, false, or null all mean the same thing without checking source coding

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses to isolate veterinary college records, but first confirm whether the dataset stores it as a boolean, numeric code, or text flag. When joining or aggregating, normalize values consistently and preserve nulls separately from explicit false values if the source distinguishes them.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isVeterinaryCollege AS is_veterinary_college
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isVeterinaryCollege IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isVeterinaryCollege AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isVeterinaryCollege 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.