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Total Obligated Amount

Monetary amount the government has obligated under the Other Transaction Award as recorded in the FPDS contract detail totals. It represents the total dollars committed against the award in the reported record, not necessarily the ceiling, awarded amount, or ultimate final spend.

Family: Other Transaction Award
Category: Total Dollar Values
Data Type: numeric
Semantic Type: financial
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalObligatedAmount
Title
Total Obligated Amount
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/totalDollarValues/totalObligatedAmount
Description
Monetary amount the government has obligated under the Other Transaction Award as recorded in the FPDS contract detail totals. It represents the total dollars committed against the award in the reported record, not necessarily the ceiling, awarded amount, or ultimate final spend.
Business Meaning
This field is central to spend and obligation analysis because it measures the dollars committed to an award at the time of reporting. Analysts use it to assess program scale, compare award values across vendors and vehicles, and trend obligated dollars over time or across agencies, components, and markets.
Example Value
23907739
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Spending aggregation and trend analysis

Common Usage

  • sum obligated dollars by agency, vendor, or fiscal year
  • rank awards by financial magnitude
  • compare obligation trends across procurement categories

Common Mistakes

  • confusing obligated amount with total contract value or ceiling
  • double counting multiple modification records without deduplication logic

Query Guidance

Use numeric aggregation such as SUM(totalObligatedAmount) with appropriate filters for award type, fiscal year, and record status. If the table includes multiple rows per award, deduplicate on the award identifier before summarizing, and inspect negative values separately to identify deobligations or corrections.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalObligatedAmount AS total_obligated_amount
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalObligatedAmount IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Aggregate total

SELECT
    sum(content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalObligatedAmount) AS total_value
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalObligatedAmount IS NOT NULL

Distribution overview

SELECT
    min(content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalObligatedAmount) AS min_value,
    avg(content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalObligatedAmount) AS avg_value,
    max(content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalObligatedAmount) AS max_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalObligatedAmount IS NOT NULL

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.