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Fax No

Telephone fax number recorded for the vendor location associated with the award. It identifies the contact fax information for the specific site in the vendor location record.

Family: Other Transaction IDV
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: attribute
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__faxNo
Title
Fax No
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/faxNo
Description
Telephone fax number recorded for the vendor location associated with the award. It identifies the contact fax information for the specific site in the vendor location record.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts validate and profile vendor site contact details, especially when reconciling vendor records, normalizing supplier identities, or assessing data completeness across award records. It can support operational due diligence when contact information is needed for site-level vendor analysis.
Example Value
3107940631
Observed Non-Null Count
5,095

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__faxNo
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/faxNo
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/faxNo' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__faxNo'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • vendor site contact enrichment
  • data quality checks
  • vendor record matching and normalization

Common Mistakes

  • treating the fax number as a unique vendor identifier
  • assuming consistent formatting or presence across all records

Query Guidance

Use it as a descriptive text field, typically after trimming non-numeric characters for comparison. In SQL, filter for non-null values to assess completeness, and use standardized string normalization if you need to group or compare numbers across records.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__faxNo AS fax_no
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__faxNo IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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