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Phone No

Vendor location telephone number recorded in the Other Transaction IDV vendor site details. It identifies the phone contact associated with the specific vendor location, typically stored as a string of digits and may include formatting or country code variations.

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__phoneNo
Title
Phone No
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/phoneNo
Description
Vendor location telephone number recorded in the Other Transaction IDV vendor site details. It identifies the phone contact associated with the specific vendor location, typically stored as a string of digits and may include formatting or country code variations.
Business Meaning
This field supports vendor identification, contact validation, and site-level analysis when examining award records tied to a particular location. It can help analysts reconcile vendor sites across transactions, assess data completeness, and support outreach or record matching workflows.
Example Value
6512121094
Observed Non-Null Count
13,188

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • contact lookup for vendor site records
  • data quality checks on vendor location completeness
  • matching or deduplication of vendor site entries

Common Mistakes

  • using the phone number as a unique vendor identifier
  • joining on raw formatted values without normalizing punctuation and country codes

Query Guidance

Use it as a non-key descriptive field in SELECT, filtering, or data-quality checks. For comparison or deduplication, standardize to digits-only or a consistent phone format first, and test for nulls, blanks, and repeated values before treating it as an analytical dimension.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__phoneNo AS phone_no
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__phoneNo IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

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