Do I need more than a dishwasher tablet?

Ours ( neff) must land in the top basket as there when I open the door to add something at the start, so don’t think that is right.
I did clean the machine with soda crystals sprinkled on the bottom as I had no machine cleaner

I live in a soft water area. I’ve never used salt or any other additive. I use supermarket own brand tablets and find them perfectly good at usually half the price of the branded ones. I use the basic plain tablet not the coloured ones.

Very hard water area here .
The engineer who installed our dishwasher advised us to use all in one tablets and extra salt and rinse aid.8 years old and no problems use every day just use a dishwasher cleaner every month.

We also have lovely soft water here in Birmingham, so I use the dishwasher tablets but add in a rinse aid liquid.
I don't think we need anything else when living in soft water areas.

When I got my first dishwasher it came with a testing kit which was to test our water supply for hardness. Our supply came out as very soft water and the kit stated that we don’t need to use salt .
We use rinse aid and Fairy capsules and our dishes come out sparkling .

I use a bowl of hot soapy water and then rinse the items before putting them to drain. I have never, ever owned or wanted a dishwasher.

No, you do not need anything other than a dishwasher tablet. You have soft water therefore no limescale in eg your kettle, dishwasher, washing machine, shower hea. You can if you feel the need use the dishwasher freshener stuff.

I use the all in one tablets but also rinse aid and salt because my machine has red lights and I twitch far too easily