Designing Data Tables

Nicely thought out.   If you design tables well enough, they can do much of the lifting for you.  Many examples at the link below.

By Andrew Coyle    Designing the future of global trade @Flexport 

Design Better Data Tables
The ingredients of a successful data table user interface design

Data is useless without the ability to visualize and act on it. The success of future industries will couple advanced data collection with a better user experience, and the data table comprises much of this user experience.

Good data tables allow users to scan, analyze, compare, filter, sort, and manipulate information to derive insights and commit actions. This article presents a list of design structures, interaction patterns, and techniques to help you design better data tables. .... "