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title: "User Interface and General Functions"
description: "Various general functions used, for example, to increase the clarity of tables or quickly switch between sections are available to you in Tax Balance."
source_url: https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/income-taxes/tax-balance/user-interface-general-functions
language: en
last_updated: 2026-05-28
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# User Interface and General Functions

## Overview

Various general functions that are used, for example, to increase the clarity of tables or quickly switch between sections are available to you in Tax Balance.

This article describes these functions.

## User Interface

The start page is displayed, for example, as follows after opening the **Tax Balance** solution. The following elements are available on the start page:

User interface of Lucanet Tax Balance

#### Home button and navigation path

You can use the Home button to go back to the **start page** from anywhere in Tax Balance.

The **navigation path** to the workspace you are currently on is also displayed here.

Navigation path

#### Overview

Contains the functional areas in which the tax balance sheet is configured, entered, reported, and transmitted in what are referred to as workspaces. The following functional areas are available:

- [Master data](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/income-taxes/tax-balance/master-data-tax-balance.md)
- [Company](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/income-taxes/tax-balance/create-single-entity-tax-balance.md)
- [Reporting](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/income-taxes/tax-balance/create-reports-.md)
- **Administration**

#### Help Area

Contains links to the **user documentation** and **release notes**

#### Job Monitor

Displays the state and result of the **processes** carried out by the system (e. g. imports, exports, generation of reports).

In addition, the generated **files can be downloaded** here.

Processes that are currently being executed can be stopped separately or collectively using the three-dot menu at the top right.

## General Functions

The following general functions are available:

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You can use the **three-dot menu** in the **header row** of a table, depending on the area you are in to, for example:

- Sort column content
- Show and hide columns
- Filter columns by specific criteria

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You can use the blue arrows displayed in certain table headers to sort the column content in ascending or descending order.

Sorting columns

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When you hover the mouse pointer over a certain row, the icon for deleting the respective row appears.

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You can use the arrows displayed in input dialogs to show or hide the fields to be edited and, if present, detailed information on the required entries.

Showing and hiding details