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Contracting Office Agency Id

Code identifying the federal agency associated with the contracting office that issued or managed the Other Transaction IDV purchaser information. It is a coded identifier, not a descriptive agency name, and is used to point to the agency responsible for the contracting office.

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID
Title
Contracting Office Agency Id
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/purchaserInformation/contractingOfficeAgencyID
Description
Code identifying the federal agency associated with the contracting office that issued or managed the Other Transaction IDV purchaser information. It is a coded identifier, not a descriptive agency name, and is used to point to the agency responsible for the contracting office.
Business Meaning
This field lets analysts attribute awards to the correct agency at the contracting-office level, which is essential for workload analysis, agency spend comparisons, and oversight of transaction authority usage. It also supports rollups by parent agency when combined with agency reference data.
Example Value
2100
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/purchaserInformation/contractingOfficeAgencyID
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/purchaserInformation/contractingOfficeAgencyID' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • grouping Other Transaction IDVs by contracting agency
  • joining to agency reference tables for descriptive reporting
  • filtering awards by issuing organization or agency portfolio

Common Mistakes

  • assuming the code is a human-readable agency name
  • aggregating across codes without resolving agency hierarchy or reference mappings

Query Guidance

Use this field as a join key or filter predicate, for example WHERE contractingOfficeAgencyID = '2100' or JOIN to an agency dimension table on the code. Preserve the original code in grouped results and resolve the description only after validating the reference mapping.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID AS contracting_office_agency_id
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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