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title: "General Functions in Lease Accounting"
description: "Lease Accounting provides a number of general functions for actions such as making tables easier to read and switching quickly between reporting entities for which data shall be collected as the lessee."
source_url: https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/lease-accounting/general-functions-lease-accounting
language: en
last_updated: 2023-08-16
---
# General Functions in Lease Accounting

## Overview

Lease Accounting provides a number of **general functions** for actions such as making tables **easier to read** and switching quickly between reporting entities for which data shall be collected as the [lessee](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/glossary.md#lessee).

This article describes the functions available.

## Functions in the Function Bar

The function bar is located at the top of the Lease Accounting screen. It provides the following general functions:

General functions in the function bar

| Function | Description |
|---------|---------|
| Select or change reporting entity | In all the workspaces that are used to collect, process, save or export reporting-entity-specific data, you can select or change the reporting entity using the **Reporting entity** drop-down list. |
| Show status and log of tasks | Use the **Active tasks:** button to view a list of the tasks currently running in Lease Accounting and their current execution status. For example, you will be able to see whether the [Categorization](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/lease-accounting/categorization.md), [Calculation](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/lease-accounting/measurement.md) and [Export](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/lease-accounting/export-data.md) steps are complete. For each task, you can view a **log** that lists the **completed tasks** or any **errors** that may have occurred during execution. |

## Functions in Tables

The following options are available for tables:

#### Edit, view, delete, copy or archive entries

In a table, click the column with the icon and select one of the following functions:

- to edit an entry
- to view the details for an entry
- to delete an entry
- to archive an entry
- to modify components
- to copy components (only available for non-calculated components)

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Which of the functions listed above is available depends on which workspace you are currently in.
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Edit, view, or delete entries

#### Configure columns

To optimize the view of a table, you can configure the columns accordingly. To do this, click the icon in the table header and select one of the following options:

- **Pin column**
- **Autosize this column**
- **Autosize all columns**
- **Reset columns**
- **Reset filters**

Configure columns

#### Filter by entries

To view specific data or results, you can filter each column by specific entries. To do this, go to the icon in the table and click the Filter icon . Once this is done, enter the name of the entry whose table data you wish to see in the Search box:

Filter by entries

#### Show and hide columns

To limit your view to specific columns in a table, go to the icon in the table and click . Once you have done this, choose one of the following options:

- Enter the name of the column you want to hide or show in the Search box
- Activate or deactivate the check box for the name of the column you want to hide or show.

Search for and show or hide entries

#### Sort data in columns

You can sort the data in table columns **alphabetically (from A-Z or Z-A)** or **in ascending or descending order**. To do this, move the cursor next to the column name in the table header and click the **arrow** icon that appears:

Sort data in columns