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Country

Country identifies the nation associated with the contracting office in the Purchaser Information section of an Other Transaction IDV record. In FPDS data it is a human-readable attribute for the contracting office location, typically indicating the office’s country such as USA.

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeID__country
Title
Country
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/purchaserInformation/contractingOfficeID/country
Description
Country identifies the nation associated with the contracting office in the Purchaser Information section of an Other Transaction IDV record. In FPDS data it is a human-readable attribute for the contracting office location, typically indicating the office’s country such as USA.
Business Meaning
This field supports geographic analysis of where the purchasing organization is based, which is useful for classifying domestic versus foreign contracting activity and for validating office-level records. It also helps analysts group awards by organizational location when studying procurement footprint, regional concentration, or cross-border administrative structures.
Example Value
USA
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Group awards by contracting office country
  • Filter for domestic vs. non-domestic office records
  • Validate office-level geographic consistency in reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Using it as a proxy for place of performance
  • Assuming every value is full country text rather than a code or abbreviation

Query Guidance

Use this field in SELECT and GROUP BY clauses when summarizing contracting office geography. In SQL, compare against the exact stored value set, and normalize or map abbreviations if the dataset contains mixed representations; if analyzing location, join or pair with related office fields rather than inferring from this field alone.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeID__country AS country
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeID__country IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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