The following is the contents of the I/B/E/S Detail History (with Actuals)
Variable Name Type Variable Label
ANALYS Num Analyst Code
BROKER Num Broker Code
CNAME Char Company Name
CURRFL Char Currency Flag (Estimate Level)
CUSIP Char CUSIP/SEDOL
ESTDATX Char
Estimate Date (Original IBES Format) ESTDATS Num Estimate Date (SAS Format) FPEDATX Char Forecast Period End Date (Original IBES Format)
FPEDATS Num Forecast Period End Date (SAS Format)
FPI Char Forecast Period Indicator
MEASURE Char Data Type Indicator (e.g., EPS, CPS, etc.)
OFTIC Char Official Ticker (Exchange Ticker Symbol)
PDF Char Primary/Diluted Flag (Estimate Level)
REPDATS Num Report Date (Actual Value), SAS Format
If you only need October of the year, you can use month(estdats) = 10 as condition to keep the observations you want.
You can use the WRDS webpage query to get all the data and run on your computer. It would be a little bit easy. There are sample code you can refer to in following link:
http://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/samples.cgi?dataset=ibes&type=sas
Good luck on your research !
