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Using the Javascript API, Yellowfin Reports and Dashboards can be embedded into external webpages, which can be hosted on a seperate separate web server to Yellowfin. The only requirement is that the end user's browser can access the Yellowfin server.

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Users are authenticated when accessing a report or dashboard through the Javascript API. If a user has not yet logged in, they may be able to view the content as a Guest user. (Click here to learn how to do this.) There are a number of factors used to determine whether a report or dashboard can be run as a Guest user, or whether unauthenticated users are required to log in.

Authentication details can be passed to the API when the dashboard or report is loaded, either by passing a username and password, or authenticating via web services and passing the login token to the API. This allows you to use a specific user to load content rather than requiring the user to enter their details.

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