# Feature service

A feature service is an object that represents a logical group of features from one or more [feature views](/v0.18-branch/getting-started/concepts/feature-view.md#feature-view). Feature Services allows features from within a feature view to be used as needed by an ML model. Users can expect to create one feature service per model, allowing for tracking of the features used by models.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="driver\_trips\_feature\_service.py" %}

```python
from driver_ratings_feature_view import driver_ratings_fv
from driver_trips_feature_view import driver_stats_fv

driver_stats_fs = FeatureService(
    name="driver_activity",
    features=[driver_stats_fv, driver_ratings_fv[["lifetime_rating"]]]
)
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

Feature services are used during

* The generation of training datasets when querying feature views in order to find historical feature values. A single training dataset may consist of features from multiple feature views.
* Retrieval of features from the online store. The features retrieved from the online store may also belong to multiple feature views.

{% hint style="info" %}
Applying a feature service does not result in an actual service being deployed.
{% endhint %}

Feature services can be retrieved from the feature store, and referenced when retrieving features from the online store.

```python
from feast import FeatureStore
feature_store = FeatureStore('.')  # Initialize the feature store

feature_service = feature_store.get_feature_service("driver_activity")
features = feature_store.get_online_features(
    features=feature_service, entity_rows=[entity_dict]
)
```

Feature services can also be used when retrieving historical features from the offline store.

```python
from feast import FeatureStore
feature_store = FeatureStore('.')  # Initialize the feature store

feature_service = feature_store.get_feature_service("driver_activity")
feature_store.get_historical_features(features=feature_service, entity_df=entity_df)
```


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