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Is Hispanic Servicing Institution

Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as a Hispanic Servicing Institution. It captures the FPDS-stored response for the vendor line-of-business attribute at the vendor site detail level.

Family: Other Transaction Award
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isHispanicServicingInstitution
Title
Is Hispanic Servicing Institution
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isHispanicServicingInstitution
Description
Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as a Hispanic Servicing Institution. It captures the FPDS-stored response for the vendor line-of-business attribute at the vendor site detail level.
Business Meaning
This field supports procurement analysis related to socioeconomic and institutional characteristics of vendors. It can be used to segment awards, assess participation patterns, and support compliance or policy reviews where supplier classification matters.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isHispanicServicingInstitution
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isHispanicServicingInstitution
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isHispanicServicingInstitution' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isHispanicServicingInstitution'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Filter awards associated with Hispanic Servicing Institution vendors
  • Segment vendor participation by institution type
  • Support compliance, diversity, or supplier-profile reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the field stores free text instead of a coded flag
  • Counting nulls as false without checking data quality or source rules

Query Guidance

Use it as a boolean predicate in WHERE clauses, but first verify the actual stored code values in your extract. For example, test for the affirmative code explicitly and handle nulls separately; do not rely on implicit casting when comparing across environments.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isHispanicServicingInstitution AS is_hispanic_servicing_institution
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isHispanicServicingInstitution IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isHispanicServicingInstitution AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isHispanicServicingInstitution IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

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