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Total Obligated Amount

Monetary amount representing the total dollars obligated on the Other Transaction IDV record. It reflects the reported funding value associated with the vehicle and is stored as a numeric financial field.

Family: Other Transaction IDV
Category: Total Dollar Values
Data Type: numeric
Semantic Type: financial
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalObligatedAmount
Title
Total Obligated Amount
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/totalDollarValues/totalObligatedAmount
Description
Monetary amount representing the total dollars obligated on the Other Transaction IDV record. It reflects the reported funding value associated with the vehicle and is stored as a numeric financial field.
Business Meaning
This field is used to measure the reported dollar scale of Other Transaction IDVs for spending analysis, market sizing, portfolio monitoring, and comparison across awards or time periods. It helps analysts assess how much funding is associated with each instrument and aggregate obligation levels at the program, agency, or vendor level.
Example Value
1965253
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Spending aggregation and trend analysis

Common Usage

  • Sum obligations by agency, vendor, or fiscal year
  • Compare award size across Other Transaction IDVs
  • Support spending and market concentration analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Using the field as a proxy for count of awards
  • Comparing raw values across datasets without checking nulls, currency, or reporting timing

Query Guidance

Use the field as a numeric measure and aggregate with SUM, AVG, MIN, or MAX depending on the analysis. Filter out nulls explicitly, and join or group by award identifiers, agency, and fiscal period when analyzing obligated dollars at higher levels.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalObligatedAmount AS total_obligated_amount
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalObligatedAmount IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Aggregate total

SELECT
    sum(content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalObligatedAmount) AS total_value
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalObligatedAmount IS NOT NULL

Distribution overview

SELECT
    min(content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalObligatedAmount) AS min_value,
    avg(content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalObligatedAmount) AS avg_value,
    max(content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalObligatedAmount) AS max_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalObligatedAmount IS NOT NULL

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