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Generic String03

A free-text generic string stored in the Other Transaction Award generic tags section, identified as Generic String03. It is an auxiliary attribute field rather than a standard procurement code, and its meaning depends on the specific FPDS implementation or reporting workflow using it.

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__genericTags__genericStrings__genericString03
Title
Generic String03
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/genericTags/genericStrings/genericString03
Description
A free-text generic string stored in the Other Transaction Award generic tags section, identified as Generic String03. It is an auxiliary attribute field rather than a standard procurement code, and its meaning depends on the specific FPDS implementation or reporting workflow using it.
Business Meaning
This field can support custom categorization, segmentation, or workflow-specific tagging in Other Transaction Award records. Analysts use it when standard FPDS fields do not capture a needed attribute, but the analytic value depends on how the data was populated by the reporting entity or system.
Example Value
000
Observed Non-Null Count
13,233

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__genericTags__genericStrings__genericString03
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/genericTags/genericStrings/genericString03
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/genericTags/genericStrings/genericString03' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__genericTags__genericStrings__genericString03'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • custom filtering
  • grouping OT awards by local business rules
  • joining to internal reference tables or mapped tags

Common Mistakes

  • assuming the value has a universal FPDS meaning
  • mixing it with standardized procurement codes without validating the source convention

Query Guidance

Use this field for conditional filtering, distinct-value profiling, or joins only after confirming the reporting convention. In SQL, normalize case and trim whitespace, then inspect frequency distributions and co-occurring generic tag fields to infer meaning; do not aggregate it as a standardized category unless you have a controlled mapping.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__genericTags__genericStrings__genericString03 AS generic_string03
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__genericTags__genericStrings__genericString03 IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__genericTags__genericStrings__genericString03 AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__genericTags__genericStrings__genericString03 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.