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title: How to retrieve experiment scores via UI or API/SDK?
description: Learn how to export and retrieve experiment scores through the Langfuse UI or programmatically via API/SDK.
tags: [evaluation]
---

# How to Retrieve Experiment Scores?

**Terminology Note**: "Experiment" and "dataset run" are used interchangeably throughout Langfuse. We are moving toward deprecating the term "dataset run" in favor of "experiment", but both terms currently refer to the same concept.

Langfuse supports two types of experiment scores:

1. **Experiment-level scores**: Overall metrics for the entire experiment run (e.g., precision, recall, F1-scores). These scores are immutable and represent aggregate performance. [Learn more about run-level scores](/changelog/2025-05-07-run-level-scores).
2. **Experiment-item-level scores**: Scores for individual items within an experiment (e.g., per-generated-output evaluations).

## Via API/SDK

Use the [Experiments API](/docs/api-and-data-platform/features/experiments-api)
to retrieve both score levels. Use the [API reference](https://api.reference.langfuse.com/#tag/experiments)
for endpoint parameters, filters, pagination, and response fields.

For full trace and observation details, use the [Observations API v2](/docs/api-and-data-platform/features/observations-api#v2).
For score-centric queries across experiments, traces, or observations, use the
[Scores API v3](/docs/api-and-data-platform/features/scores-api#v3).

### Recommended: Use Experiment Runner SDK

When running a new experiment, the [Experiment Runner SDK](/docs/evaluation/experiments/experiments-via-sdk)
returns scores and results directly. Use the Experiments API when you need to
retrieve results from a previous run.

## Related Resources

- [Scores Data Model](/docs/evaluation/scores/data-model#scores)
- [Run-Level Scores Changelog](/changelog/2025-05-07-run-level-scores)
- [Experiment Runner SDK](/docs/evaluation/experiments/experiments-via-sdk)
- [Experiments API](/docs/api-and-data-platform/features/experiments-api)

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