That's what Microsoft's Power BI (PBI) and Power Query (PQ) are. If you have large amounts data that you need to consolidate, clean and present then consider using PBI and PQ.
Caution: both PQ and the desktop version of PBI (it's free on PCs) are tools that you'll need to spend hours learning to use. They are not "obvious" if you just open them.
PBI desktop allows a developer to create a web-based app that end users can use with very little effort.
Allows you to gather data from multiple sources, "clean" it, and organize it.
Cleaning it includes ensuring standardized spelling and capitalization, and more.
Organizing it includes merging, files, eliminating duplicates, adding conditional columns and much more.
PQ is a service contained in both Excel and Power BI. Here's how you find it.
In Excel it's "hidden" in the data tab. The surest way to open it is:
Data > Get & Transform Data > Get Data > Get Data > Launch Power Query Editor
The results of queries created in Excel's PQ are often used in Pivot Tables to analyze data within Excel.
In PBI its not quite so hidden:
Queries > Transform data
Confusingly, a "data model" created in Excel can not be simply moved to PBI even though they work the same in both.
Analyzes and presents data, often data that has been prepared by Power Query within PBI.
You create "relationships" between tables created in PQ - typically in a "Star" data model.
You then create a report with many "visuals" analyzing data and presenting it in table or chart form.
You can publish that report on a web so users (almost always paying users) can see your results and perform their own analysis.
These reports can be designed for many levels of an organization, from leadership to line workers.
End User Tutorial - How to Use and Navigate Around a Power BI Report 16:18min 2021
A clear end-user's guide to understanding and using a PBI report prepared by someone else.
Microsoft Learn has many webpages and videos.
What is Power Query - A good overview of what it is, and where it is used.
Get started building with Power BI - aimed at someone creating a Power BI App, but good overview
Ask an AI to explain and recommend training - I've found Gemini and Claude and Copilot very helpful.
How I learned PBI and PQ
I went through the course Complete Guide to Power BI for Data Analysts by Microsoft Press in LinkedIn Learning (LIL)
This took me about 20 hours, doing the examples.
LIL is available for free from some Libraries
Update: 8/24/2025