How to Determine Which Month the Current TargetingIdeaService Response Is For

[picklepilot]

So currently I understand that the TargetingIdeaService API will return the metrics (Avg CPC, Search Volume, etc...) for the latest complete month. But I've found that there seems to be a few day buffer at the beginning of each month where Adwords data takes some time to refresh for latest complete month.

Is there any way currently to also see which month the API is returning data for (CASE: User queries TargetingIdeaService for set of keywords on 03/01/2018 and quite possibly the data being returned is for the complete month of 01/2018. I want to easily figure out if the returned metrics are for 01/2018 or 02/2018 in this case.) 

I have been sort of building in a 'for_month' param that gets returned which is based on the latest month listed in the 'targeted_monthly_searches' object.

Is there any (other) way of finding out which month the returned metrics are actually for?

Thanks!

[Peter Oliquino]

Hi,

You could use the MonthlySearchVolume object to retrieve the information you need. However, in order to better investigate the delays you are encountering, could you provide the complete SOAP request and response? Additionally, could you also provide a screenshot of your Keyword Planner with the exact same parameters applied so I can identify if there are any other discrepancies? You may reply using the Reply privately to author option.

Best regards,

Peter

AdWords API Team