What do we gather in our Lasso report?
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A Lasso report is designed to allow any EDB engineer to rapidly feel the
pulse of your database by getting relevant information from your
operating system and your Postgres server.

You can get a list with a detailed description of the information that’s
gathered from your system through ``lasso`` by entering:

::

       lasso --describe

If you need more information, contact your account manager at EDB.

Lasso informs its level of depth when scraping your system. There are
three levels:

- **Surface**: Noninvasive gathering process, mainly used to perform a
  supportability check of the instance and focused on the current
  moment. In terms of Postgres, the focus is on the instance, its
  configuration, and its general health. This level is the minimal level
  of scraping.

- **Shallow**: Gathering of performance-related information, including
  basic trending data. In terms of Postgres data, its focus is moved
  down to the database. This level is suitable for support-incident
  resolution.

- **Deep**: Most detailed level of scraping, suitable for advanced and
  security health checks but also for severe support incidents. In terms
  of Postgres data, its focus is on tables and indexes.