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Yellowfin Report web services are used to render Yellowfin reports on an external webpage or user interface. These services will allow you to run a report and return it in a specified format, such as HTML, PDF, CSV, etc. Some additional web services are also included that cover certain administrative tasks that you could perform on a report.

**Note:** To be able to call Report web services, you need to have a Yellowfin server license.


### Categories of Report Services

The report web services are divided into the following sections.

| **Category** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| [**Report formatting**](https://yellowfin.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/USER74/pages/2490482) | These are related to the report formatting, such as PDF, DOC, HTML, etc. |
| [**Functional report services**](https://yellowfin.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/USER74/pages/2490475) | Other functions that can be performed on Yellowfin reports, including fetching a report's metadata, filter options, or even email a report. |

 

See a list of all the report service [object definitions](https://yellowfin.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/USER74/pages/2496368).


**Note:** See [here](https://yellowfin.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/USER74/pages/2490815) for a list of Yellowfin's legacy report services that are still active.