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Agency Id

Identifier for the agency that issued the referenced IDV associated with this Other Transaction Award. It is a coded value, not a descriptive agency name, and serves as the agency key on the referenced IDV record.

Family: Other Transaction Award
Category: Referenced IDV
Data Type: identifier_or_code
Semantic Type: identifier
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__OtherTransactionAwardID__referencedIDVID__agencyID
Title
Agency Id
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/OtherTransactionAwardID/referencedIDVID/agencyID
Description
Identifier for the agency that issued the referenced IDV associated with this Other Transaction Award. It is a coded value, not a descriptive agency name, and serves as the agency key on the referenced IDV record.
Business Meaning
This field ties the award back to the issuing agency of the underlying IDV, which is important for attribution, portfolio analysis, and cross-agency visibility. Analysts use it to group related awards by originating agency and to assess which organizations are driving referenced instrument activity.
Example Value
9700
Observed Non-Null Count
7,585

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__OtherTransactionAwardID__referencedIDVID__agencyID
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/OtherTransactionAwardID/referencedIDVID/agencyID
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/OtherTransactionAwardID/referencedIDVID/agencyID' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__OtherTransactionAwardID__referencedIDVID__agencyID'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Join referenced IDV records to agency reference data
  • Group awards by issuing agency for portfolio summaries
  • Filter or benchmark activity by originating agency

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the value is the name of the agency instead of its identifier
  • Using it without joining to a reference table when a human-readable agency label is needed

Query Guidance

Use this field as a join key or grouping code in SQL, for example in WHERE, GROUP BY, or JOIN clauses against agency reference tables. Prefer selecting both the code and its descriptive label when building analyst-facing outputs, and avoid hard-coding meanings unless the code set has been validated.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__OtherTransactionAwardID__referencedIDVID__agencyID AS agency_id
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__OtherTransactionAwardID__referencedIDVID__agencyID IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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