diff --git a/src/app/app.component.ts b/src/app/app.component.ts
index f30ee673..0fd9de30 100644
--- a/src/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.component.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { DebugComponent } from './debug/debug.component';
 import { Router, RouterLink, RouterLinkActive, RouterOutlet } from '@angular/router';
 import { Tab } from './shared/interfaces/tab';
 import { ReportData } from './shared/interfaces/report-data';
-import { HelperService } from './shared/services/helper.service';
 import { ToastComponent } from './shared/components/toast/toast.component';
 import { ReportComponent } from './report/report.component';
 import { CloseTab } from './shared/interfaces/close-tab';
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     private settingsService: SettingsService,
     private tabService: TabService,
     private router: Router,
-    private helperService: HelperService,
     private location: Location,
     private httpService: HttpService,
     private errorHandler: ErrorHandling,
@@ -112,7 +110,7 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   }
 
   openNewCompareTab(data: CompareData): void {
-    const tabId = this.helperService.createCompareTabId(data.originalReport, data.runResultReport);
+    const tabId = this.tabService.createCompareTabId(data.originalReport, data.runResultReport);
     const tabIndex: number = this.tabs.findIndex((tab: Tab): boolean => tab.id == tabId);
     if (tabIndex == -1) {
       data.id = tabId;
diff --git a/src/app/compare/compare-tree/compare-tree.component.ts b/src/app/compare/compare-tree/compare-tree.component.ts
index d4882199..1610546d 100644
--- a/src/app/compare/compare-tree/compare-tree.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/compare/compare-tree/compare-tree.component.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { Component, EventEmitter, Input, Output, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
 import { Report } from '../../shared/interfaces/report';
 import { FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
-import { TitleCasePipe } from '@angular/common';
 
 import { ReportHierarchyTransformer } from '../../shared/classes/report-hierarchy-transformer';
 import { ReportUtil } from '../../shared/util/report-util';
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ export type TreeSide = (typeof treeSideConst)[number];
   templateUrl: './compare-tree.component.html',
   styleUrls: ['./compare-tree.component.css'],
   standalone: true,
-  imports: [ReactiveFormsModule, TitleCasePipe, FormsModule, NgSimpleFileTreeModule],
+  imports: [ReactiveFormsModule, FormsModule, NgSimpleFileTreeModule],
 })
 export class CompareTreeComponent {
   @Output() compareEvent: EventEmitter<void> = new EventEmitter<void>();
diff --git a/src/app/debug/debug-tree/debug-tree.component.ts b/src/app/debug/debug-tree/debug-tree.component.ts
index 6b84bdbd..86f95567 100644
--- a/src/app/debug/debug-tree/debug-tree.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/debug/debug-tree/debug-tree.component.ts
@@ -10,13 +10,6 @@ import {
   NgSimpleFileTree,
   NgSimpleFileTreeModule,
 } from 'ng-simple-file-tree';
-import {
-  NgbDropdown,
-  NgbDropdownButtonItem,
-  NgbDropdownItem,
-  NgbDropdownMenu,
-  NgbDropdownToggle,
-} from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
 import { ReportHierarchyTransformer } from '../../shared/classes/report-hierarchy-transformer';
 import { SimpleFileTreeUtil } from '../../shared/util/simple-file-tree-util';
 import { View } from '../../shared/interfaces/view';
@@ -29,14 +22,7 @@ import { RefreshCondition } from '../../shared/interfaces/refresh-condition';
   templateUrl: './debug-tree.component.html',
   styleUrls: ['./debug-tree.component.css'],
   standalone: true,
-  imports: [
-    NgbDropdown,
-    NgbDropdownToggle,
-    NgbDropdownMenu,
-    NgbDropdownButtonItem,
-    NgbDropdownItem,
-    NgSimpleFileTreeModule,
-  ],
+  imports: [NgSimpleFileTreeModule],
 })
 export class DebugTreeComponent implements OnDestroy {
   @ViewChild('tree') tree!: NgSimpleFileTree;
diff --git a/src/app/debug/filter-side-drawer/filter-side-drawer.component.ts b/src/app/debug/filter-side-drawer/filter-side-drawer.component.ts
index a270de53..fedb7276 100644
--- a/src/app/debug/filter-side-drawer/filter-side-drawer.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/debug/filter-side-drawer/filter-side-drawer.component.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Component, Input, OnDestroy, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { FilterService } from './filter.service';
-import { Subscription, catchError } from 'rxjs';
+import { catchError, Subscription } from 'rxjs';
 import { animate, style, transition, trigger } from '@angular/animations';
 import { MatAutocompleteModule } from '@angular/material/autocomplete';
 import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
diff --git a/src/app/debug/table/table-settings-modal/table-settings-modal.component.ts b/src/app/debug/table/table-settings-modal/table-settings-modal.component.ts
index 2df3fcbc..98827a33 100644
--- a/src/app/debug/table/table-settings-modal/table-settings-modal.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/debug/table/table-settings-modal/table-settings-modal.component.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { SettingsService } from '../../../shared/services/settings.service';
 import { catchError, Subscription } from 'rxjs';
 import { ToastService } from '../../../shared/services/toast.service';
 import { UploadParams } from 'src/app/shared/interfaces/upload-params';
-import { ToastComponent } from '../../../shared/components/toast/toast.component';
 import { ErrorHandling } from 'src/app/shared/classes/error-handling.service';
 import { OptionsSettings } from '../../../shared/interfaces/options-settings';
 import { Transformation } from '../../../shared/interfaces/transformation';
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ import { CopyTooltipDirective } from '../../../shared/directives/copy-tooltip.di
   templateUrl: './table-settings-modal.component.html',
   styleUrls: ['./table-settings-modal.component.css'],
   standalone: true,
-  imports: [ReactiveFormsModule, ToastComponent, CopyTooltipDirective],
+  imports: [ReactiveFormsModule, CopyTooltipDirective],
 })
 export class TableSettingsModalComponent implements OnDestroy {
   @ViewChild('modal') modal!: ElementRef;
diff --git a/src/app/debug/table/table.component.ts b/src/app/debug/table/table.component.ts
index d04fb777..4f7f888c 100644
--- a/src/app/debug/table/table.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/debug/table/table.component.ts
@@ -449,8 +449,7 @@ export class TableComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
           const originalReport = this.transformCompareToReport(data[selectedReports[0]]);
           const runResultReport = this.transformCompareToReport(data[selectedReports[1]]);
 
-          const id: string = this.helperService.createCompareTabId(originalReport, runResultReport);
-
+          const id: string = this.tabService.createCompareTabId(originalReport, runResultReport);
           this.tabService.openNewCompareTab({
             id: id,
             originalReport: originalReport,
diff --git a/src/app/report/edit-display/edit-display.component.ts b/src/app/report/edit-display/edit-display.component.ts
index 239f276a..953209da 100644
--- a/src/app/report/edit-display/edit-display.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/report/edit-display/edit-display.component.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import { EditorComponent } from '../../editor/editor.component';
 import { Report } from '../../shared/interfaces/report';
 import { MetadataTableComponent } from '../../shared/components/metadata-table/metadata-table.component';
 import { FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
-import { NgClass, NgStyle, TitleCasePipe } from '@angular/common';
 import { BooleanToStringPipe } from '../../shared/pipes/boolean-to-string.pipe';
 import { catchError } from 'rxjs';
 import { ClipboardModule } from '@angular/cdk/clipboard';
@@ -54,14 +53,11 @@ import { Router } from '@angular/router';
     EditorComponent,
     MetadataTableComponent,
     BooleanToStringPipe,
-    NgStyle,
     ClipboardModule,
     EditFormComponent,
-    TitleCasePipe,
     DifferenceModalComponent,
     ToggleButtonComponent,
     MatTooltipModule,
-    NgClass,
     EncodingButtonComponent,
     FormsModule,
     ReportAlertMessageComponent,
diff --git a/src/app/report/edit-display/encoding-button/encoding-button.component.ts b/src/app/report/edit-display/encoding-button/encoding-button.component.ts
index 71be336b..ae1accc4 100644
--- a/src/app/report/edit-display/encoding-button/encoding-button.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/report/edit-display/encoding-button/encoding-button.component.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export class EncodingButtonComponent implements OnChanges {
 
   constructor(private toastService: ToastService) {}
 
-  ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges) {
+  ngOnChanges() {
     this.showEncodingButton = ReportUtil.isCheckPoint(this.selectedNode) && this.selectedNode.encoding === 'Base64';
   }
 
diff --git a/src/app/shared/components/metadata-table/metadata-table.component.ts b/src/app/shared/components/metadata-table/metadata-table.component.ts
index 41050551..a2450d83 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/components/metadata-table/metadata-table.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/components/metadata-table/metadata-table.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component, Input, OnChanges } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core';
 import { ClipboardModule } from '@angular/cdk/clipboard';
 import { MatTooltipModule } from '@angular/material/tooltip';
 import { CopyTooltipDirective } from '../../directives/copy-tooltip.directive';
diff --git a/src/app/shared/interfaces/base-report.ts b/src/app/shared/interfaces/base-report.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae922099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/interfaces/base-report.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export interface BaseReport {
+  checked: boolean;
+  storageId: number;
+  path: string;
+  name: string;
+  description: string;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/interfaces/report.ts b/src/app/shared/interfaces/report.ts
index 437bf963..6504d426 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/interfaces/report.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/interfaces/report.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,23 @@
 import { Checkpoint } from './checkpoint';
+import { BaseReport } from './base-report';
 
-export interface Report {
+export interface Report extends BaseReport {
   checkpoints: Checkpoint[];
   correlationId: string;
   crudStorage: boolean;
-  description: string;
   endTime: number;
   estimatedMemoryUsage: number;
   fullPath: string;
   inputCheckpoint: Checkpoint;
-  name: string;
   numberOfCheckpoints: number;
   originalEndpointOrAbortpointForCurrentLevel?: Checkpoint;
   originalReport: Report;
-  path: string;
   reportFilterMatching: boolean;
   startTime: number;
-  storageId: number;
   stub: number;
   stubStrategy: string;
   transformation: string;
   variableCsv: string;
-  checked: boolean;
   storageName: string;
   variablesAsMap: any; // Map<String, String>
   xml: string; // Custom for the xml representation of the report
diff --git a/src/app/shared/interfaces/test-list-item.ts b/src/app/shared/interfaces/test-list-item.ts
index cb44bce2..4ce77479 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/interfaces/test-list-item.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/interfaces/test-list-item.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 import { ReranReport } from './reran-report';
+import { BaseReport } from './base-report';
 
-export interface TestListItem {
-  checked: boolean;
-  name: string;
-  path: string;
+export interface TestListItem extends BaseReport {
   fullPath?: string;
-  description: string;
-  storageId: number;
   variables?: string;
   extractedVariables?: string;
   reranReport?: ReranReport | null;
diff --git a/src/app/shared/services/helper.service.ts b/src/app/shared/services/helper.service.ts
index 37234ba4..8140d048 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/services/helper.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/services/helper.service.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-import { Report } from '../interfaces/report';
+import { BaseReport } from '../interfaces/base-report';
 
 @Injectable({
   providedIn: 'root',
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export class HelperService {
     window.open(`api/report/download/${storage}/${exportBinary}/${exportXML}?${queryString.slice(0, -1)}`);
   }
 
-  getSelectedIds(reports: any[]): number[] {
+  getSelectedIds(reports: BaseReport[]): number[] {
     let copiedIds: number[] = [];
     for (const report of this.getSelectedReports(reports)) {
       copiedIds.push(report.storageId);
@@ -17,11 +17,7 @@ export class HelperService {
     return copiedIds;
   }
 
-  getSelectedReports(reports: Report[]): Report[] {
-    return reports.filter((report: Report) => report.checked);
-  }
-
-  createCompareTabId(originalReport: Report, runResultReport: Report): string {
-    return `${originalReport.storageId}-${runResultReport.storageId}`;
+  getSelectedReports(reports: BaseReport[]): BaseReport[] {
+    return reports.filter((report) => report.checked);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/services/http.service.ts b/src/app/shared/services/http.service.ts
index aebaac22..0e1ba7e5 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/services/http.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/services/http.service.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { HttpClient, HttpHeaders } from '@angular/common/http';
-import { map, Observable, tap } from 'rxjs';
-import { ToastService } from './toast.service';
+import { map, Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { View } from '../interfaces/view';
 import { OptionsSettings } from '../interfaces/options-settings';
 import { Report } from '../interfaces/report';
diff --git a/src/app/shared/services/tab.service.ts b/src/app/shared/services/tab.service.ts
index 0b038db5..2e20d710 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/services/tab.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/services/tab.service.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { Observable, ReplaySubject, Subject } from 'rxjs';
 import { ReportData } from '../interfaces/report-data';
 import { CompareData } from '../../compare/compare-data';
 import { CloseTab } from '../interfaces/close-tab';
+import { Report } from '../interfaces/report';
 
 @Injectable({
   providedIn: 'root',
@@ -29,6 +30,10 @@ export class TabService {
     this.activeCompareTabs.set(value.id, value);
   }
 
+  createCompareTabId(originalReport: Report, runResultReport: Report): string {
+    return `${originalReport.storageId}-${runResultReport.storageId}`;
+  }
+
   closeTab(value: CompareData | ReportData): void {
     let closeTab: CloseTab;
     if (this.isCompareData(value)) {
diff --git a/src/app/shared/util/update-report-util.ts b/src/app/shared/util/update-report-util.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a6df0db..00000000
--- a/src/app/shared/util/update-report-util.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import { UpdateReport } from '../interfaces/update-report';
-import { UpdateCheckpoint } from '../interfaces/update-checkpoint';
-
-export const UpdateReportUtil = {
-  isUpdateReport(object: UpdateReport | UpdateCheckpoint): object is UpdateReport {
-    return !!(object as UpdateReport).name;
-  },
-
-  isUpdateCheckpoint(object: UpdateReport | UpdateCheckpoint): object is UpdateCheckpoint {
-    return !!(object as UpdateCheckpoint).checkpointMessage;
-  },
-};
diff --git a/src/app/test/test-settings-modal/test-settings-modal.component.ts b/src/app/test/test-settings-modal/test-settings-modal.component.ts
index baef5b88..a3ba0408 100644
--- a/src/app/test/test-settings-modal/test-settings-modal.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/test/test-settings-modal/test-settings-modal.component.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Component, EventEmitter, Output, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
 import { NgbModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
-import { UntypedFormControl, UntypedFormGroup, ReactiveFormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
+import { ReactiveFormsModule, UntypedFormControl, UntypedFormGroup } from '@angular/forms';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-test-settings-modal',
diff --git a/src/app/test/test-table/test-table.component.ts b/src/app/test/test-table/test-table.component.ts
index f5fa635b..52e7b185 100644
--- a/src/app/test/test-table/test-table.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/test/test-table/test-table.component.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import { catchError } from 'rxjs';
 import { HttpService } from '../../shared/services/http.service';
 import { ErrorHandling } from '../../shared/classes/error-handling.service';
 import { TabService } from '../../shared/services/tab.service';
-import { HelperService } from '../../shared/services/helper.service';
 import { Report } from '../../shared/interfaces/report';
 import { ReportData } from '../../shared/interfaces/report-data';
 import { View } from '../../shared/interfaces/view';
@@ -31,8 +30,6 @@ import {
   MatRowDef,
   MatTable,
 } from '@angular/material/table';
-import { MatSortHeader } from '@angular/material/sort';
-import { TableCellShortenerPipe } from '../../shared/pipes/table-cell-shortener.pipe';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-test-table',
@@ -44,8 +41,6 @@ import { TableCellShortenerPipe } from '../../shared/pipes/table-cell-shortener.
     MatCell,
     MatCellDef,
     MatHeaderCell,
-    MatSortHeader,
-    TableCellShortenerPipe,
     MatHeaderCellDef,
     MatHeaderRow,
     MatHeaderRowDef,
@@ -68,7 +63,6 @@ export class TestTableComponent implements OnChanges {
     private httpService: HttpService,
     private errorHandler: ErrorHandling,
     private tabService: TabService,
-    private helperService: HelperService,
     private testReportsService: TestReportsService,
     private toastService: ToastService,
   ) {}
@@ -151,7 +145,7 @@ export class TestTableComponent implements OnChanges {
 
   compareReports(report: TestListItem): void {
     if (report.reranReport) {
-      const tabId: string = this.helperService.createCompareTabId(
+      const tabId: string = this.tabService.createCompareTabId(
         report.reranReport.originalReport,
         report.reranReport.runResultReport,
       );