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Is School of Forestry

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a school of forestry. It records the presence of this educational-entity attribute on the vendor site details associated with the Other Transaction Award record.

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__typeOfEducationalEntity__isSchoolOfForestry
Title
Is School of Forestry
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isSchoolOfForestry
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a school of forestry. It records the presence of this educational-entity attribute on the vendor site details associated with the Other Transaction Award record.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment awards involving a specific type of educational institution, which can be relevant for university research partnerships, specialized training, and awards to forest-resource institutions. It supports institution-type analysis and compliance or policy reviews that distinguish school-of-forestry vendors from other educational entities.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

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 involving schools of forestry
  • Segment educational vendor sites by institution subtype
  • Support compliance or policy review of educational-partner awards

Common Mistakes

  • Interpreting 0 as missing instead of false
  • Using this field alone without related educational-entity indicators

Query Guidance

Use a direct equality test or boolean filter, for example WHERE isSchoolOfForestry = 1 for affirmative records. If values are stored as text or coded integers, inspect the distinct values first and normalize NULL, 0, and 1 explicitly in the query.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isSchoolOfForestry AS is_school_of_forestry
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isSchoolOfForestry IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isSchoolOfForestry AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isSchoolOfForestry 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.