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Approved Date

This field records the date and time when the other transaction award record was approved. It is a timestamp-style administrative attribute in the General section, not the award performance date or obligation date.

Family: Other Transaction Award
Category: General
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: attribute
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__transactionInformation__approvedDate
Title
Approved Date
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/transactionInformation/approvedDate
Description
This field records the date and time when the other transaction award record was approved. It is a timestamp-style administrative attribute in the General section, not the award performance date or obligation date.
Business Meaning
Approved date is useful for reconstructing the approval timeline of a transaction and measuring internal processing speed, review lag, and reporting timeliness. In procurement analysis, it helps distinguish when an action was authorized from when it was signed, obligated, or otherwise executed.
Example Value
2025-07-10 14:03:27
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__transactionInformation__approvedDate
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/transactionInformation/approvedDate
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/transactionInformation/approvedDate' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__transactionInformation__approvedDate'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • timeline reconstruction
  • processing time analysis
  • date-based filtering and grouping

Common Mistakes

  • confusing approval date with obligation or award execution date
  • grouping without normalizing the timestamp to a consistent date or timezone

Query Guidance

Parse the string to a timestamp or date type before comparing, truncating, or aggregating. Use it in WHERE clauses for approval windows and in ORDER BY or window functions when sequencing transaction events.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__transactionInformation__approvedDate AS approved_date
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__transactionInformation__approvedDate IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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