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Funding Requesting Agency Id Name

Human-readable name of the agency that is requesting or funding the Other Transaction IDV action. It is the descriptive label paired with the underlying Funding Requesting Agency ID, not the code itself.

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__purchaserInformation__fundingRequestingAgencyID__name
Title
Funding Requesting Agency Id Name
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/purchaserInformation/fundingRequestingAgencyID/name
Description
Human-readable name of the agency that is requesting or funding the Other Transaction IDV action. It is the descriptive label paired with the underlying Funding Requesting Agency ID, not the code itself.
Business Meaning
This field identifies which federal agency is associated with the funding or requesting role for the transaction, which is useful for cross-agency procurement analysis, spend attribution, and oversight of interagency activity. It helps analysts separate the agency that requests or funds the action from the contracting or purchasing organization.
Example Value
DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE
Observed Non-Null Count
12,136

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Group transactions by funding or requesting agency for reporting
  • Label the agency associated with a coded procurement field
  • Validate agency-level rollups and cross-agency analyses

Common Mistakes

  • Using the name as a unique key instead of the agency ID
  • Confusing the funding/requesting agency with the contracting agency

Query Guidance

Use this field as a descriptive select or GROUP BY display value, but join and deduplicate on the paired agency ID when available. In SQL, aggregate by the code field and select this name with MAX(), ANY_VALUE(), or a reference-table join to avoid splitting records by minor text variations.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__purchaserInformation__fundingRequestingAgencyID__name AS funding_requesting_agency_id_name
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__purchaserInformation__fundingRequestingAgencyID__name IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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