code: def service_report(self, folder=None):
          
          items = ["description", "status",
                   "instances", "iteminfo",
                   "properties"]
          if folder is None:
              uURL = self._url + "/report"
          else:
              uURL = self._url + "/%s/report" % folder
          params = {
              "f" : "json",
              "parameters" : items
          }
          return self._get(url=uURL, param_dict=params,
                              securityHandler=self._securityHandler,
                               proxy_url=self._proxy_url,
                               proxy_port=self._proxy_port)
docs: provides a report on all items in a given folder
             Inputs:
                folder - folder to report on given services. None means root