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City

The city associated with the primary consortia location on an Other Transaction Award record. It is a free-text geographic attribute identifying the municipality for the consortium’s primary location.

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__consortiaInformation__primaryConsortiaLocation__city
Title
City
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/consortiaInformation/primaryConsortiaLocation/city
Description
The city associated with the primary consortia location on an Other Transaction Award record. It is a free-text geographic attribute identifying the municipality for the consortium’s primary location.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts locate where the consortium is centered, support geographic summaries, and distinguish awards by region or metropolitan area. It is useful for market mapping, contractor footprint analysis, and identifying local concentration patterns in OT awards.
Example Value
RESTON
Observed Non-Null Count
4,318

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__consortiaInformation__primaryConsortiaLocation__city
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/consortiaInformation/primaryConsortiaLocation/city
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/consortiaInformation/primaryConsortiaLocation/city' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__consortiaInformation__primaryConsortiaLocation__city'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Group awards by consortium location city
  • Filter OT awards to a specific geography
  • Join to state or ZIP fields for regional analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the city is standardized without cleaning
  • Using city alone to identify a unique location

Query Guidance

Use exact-match or normalized text filters for targeted searches, and apply UPPER/TRIM or similar cleaning when aggregating. For reporting, group by a standardized city field only after reconciling spelling variants and pairing with state or ZIP where possible.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__consortiaInformation__primaryConsortiaLocation__city AS city
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__consortiaInformation__primaryConsortiaLocation__city IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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