Municipal Vendor Payment Records from 2019

Fiscal Year 2019 to present vendor payment data from the City of Dallas, sourced from its financial system. The dataset includes summary and detailed transaction records, though some are withheld for vendor anonymity. Data is provided by www.dallasopendata.com and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze spending trends by DEPARTMENT and FUNDTYPE over FISCAL YEAR (FY) and FISCAL MONTH (FM).
• Identify top VENDORs by total CHKSUBTOT payments and their associated COMMODITYDSCR.
• Track invoice processing timelines by comparing INVOICEDATE to the RUNDATE for specific DOCIDs.
• Examine geographic distribution of vendor payments using the ZIP5 field.

Strengths

• Contains detailed transaction fields like VENDOR, DEPARTMENT, and INVOICENUMBER for granular analysis.
• Provides a multi-year time series from Fiscal Year 2019 onward, enabling longitudinal study.

Limitations

• Transaction totals do not match official budget reports due to withheld records for vendor anonymity.
• Unknown total row count and sample size limit statistical reliability.
• Data is raw and subject to change, potentially containing inconsistencies.

Provenance

Source

www.dallasopendata.com, sourced from the City of Dallas's financial system.

Collection Method

Point-in-time raw data extraction from the city's financial system.

Time Range

Fiscal Year 2019 to present.

Freshness

Updated as of April 2026.

Geography

City of Dallas, Texas, USA.