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Created By

Identifier for the user or system account that created the Other Transaction Award record in FPDS. It is a free-text string, typically an email-style login or user ID rather than a human-readable name.

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__createdBy
Title
Created By
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/transactionInformation/createdBy
Description
Identifier for the user or system account that created the Other Transaction Award record in FPDS. It is a free-text string, typically an email-style login or user ID rather than a human-readable name.
Business Meaning
This field helps trace record provenance and supports data quality review, audit trails, and workflow accountability across FPDS submissions. Analysts can use it to identify which organization or account generated records when investigating anomalies, duplicates, or source-system patterns.
Example Value
LISA.COTMAN.1.AFLCMC@US.AF.MIL
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • audit and lineage checks
  • identifying record-entry patterns by user or office
  • debugging duplicates, outliers, or submission issues

Common Mistakes

  • assuming it identifies the contracting officer or award recipient
  • joining it as if it were a coded key with a stable enterprise identifier

Query Guidance

Use exact match, LOWER(), or pattern filters on the string value when auditing specific creators. For summary analysis, aggregate by normalized creator value or extracted domain; do not expect referential integrity to another table unless your local data model provides one.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__transactionInformation__createdBy AS created_by
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__transactionInformation__createdBy IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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