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Is Hispanic Servicing Institution

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified as a Hispanic servicing institution within the vendor's line-of-business details on the Other Transaction IDV record. It represents a yes/no condition rather than a narrative description, and the stored value may appear as a coded indicator such as 0/1.

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isHispanicServicingInstitution
Title
Is Hispanic Servicing Institution
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isHispanicServicingInstitution
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified as a Hispanic servicing institution within the vendor's line-of-business details on the Other Transaction IDV record. It represents a yes/no condition rather than a narrative description, and the stored value may appear as a coded indicator such as 0/1.
Business Meaning
This field supports analysis of vendor eligibility, socio-economic attributes, and institutional classification within federal procurement data. Analysts may use it to segment awards, assess participation patterns, and support reporting or compliance reviews tied to specific vendor categories.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Filter vendor populations by Hispanic servicing institution status
  • Aggregate obligations or award counts by institutional classification
  • Support compliance, diversity, or supplier-base segmentation analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means false without verifying the code set
  • Using the flag as proof of certification or eligibility without checking source definitions

Query Guidance

In SQL, filter explicitly on the coded yes value after confirming the code map, for example WHERE isHispanicServicingInstitution = 1 or = 'Y' depending on the source. Use CASE expressions to standardize the field into a consistent boolean output, and exclude nulls separately if you need a definitive yes/no cohort.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isHispanicServicingInstitution AS is_hispanic_servicing_institution
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isHispanicServicingInstitution IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isHispanicServicingInstitution AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isHispanicServicingInstitution IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

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