Registration Open
Registration Open
13 December | 19:00
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Welcome to the FP20 Analytics December 2023 Challenge!
Dec 13 - Jan 15, 2023 | EST
What's on your holiday wishlist? Uncover some festive trends and insights with Xmas Gift Sales dataset. 🎁
Timeline
Workshop | FP20 Analytics Challenge 12: Analyze Gift Sales Data with ZoomCharts
Workshop | FP20 Analytics Challenge 12: Analyze Gift Sales Data with ZoomCharts
04 January | 09:00
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Webinar | FP20 Analytics Challenge 12: ZoomCharts Award Winner
Webinar | FP20 Analytics Challenge 12: ZoomCharts Award Winner
16 January | 11:00
13 December - 09 January
Submitted Reports
About challenge
How to participate
The Brief
Judging criteria
Timeline
Dataset
Past challenges
Winner of the challenge
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About FP20 Analytics ZoomCharts Challenge
The ZoomCharts challenge is hosted in partnership with FP20 Analytics – a group that unites passionate and inspiring data enthusiasts, and helps new data analysts improve their skills and build a competitive portfolio. Join in and sharpen your skills together with this open and friendly data community. Read more about the challenges on the FP20 Analytics website. Join the community on LinkedIn.
Participate in FP20 Analytics ZoomCharts Challenge to enrich your skill in creating excellent Power BI reports that help business users explore data quickly and intuitively.
- Free License: All participants receive a free ZoomCharts Developer License that gives access to the full Drill Down PRO visuals library. License will remain active for 1 year after the challenge.
- Learn from Experienced Professionals: As part of the challenge, we host live workshops on report building and visualizing the challenge’s dataset in Power BI. Challenge participants can also book an individual consultation with an experienced Power BI mentor to ask questions and get personalized tips.
- Tailored Feedback: Every challenge submission will receive personalized feedback, giving participants the chance to hone their skills and improve their reports.
Prizes
The best report’s creator will receive a $300 Amazon gift card from ZoomCharts. The winner will be announced in a special live webinar session on January 16, where we will review the top entries from the December challenge.
Webinar recordings
How to participate?
- Register and receive a Drill Down Visuals Developer License for Power BI.
- Download the challenge dataset.
- Use the dataset to build a Power BI report with ZoomCharts Drill Down Visuals.
- Submit your entry to be verified.
(If your submission doesn’t match the challenge criteria, you will be notified by email, so make sure you will have time for revision and resubmission if needed. Feel free to resubmit the entry as many times as necessary before the deadline) - Upload your publish to web link on NovyPro.
Note: If you opt to post your report on NovyPro, for instructions on how to do this, refer to the provided video link.
NovyPro: https://www.novypro.com/
Instruction Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkcAYgFGWUY - Post your submission on LinkedIn:
- Upload the report as a PDF document on your LinkedIn feed.
- Use the caption, "I am participating in FP20 Analytics Challenge 12”, along with screenshots from your report.
- Include a brief summary about your report's key insights and publish to web or NovyPro link.
- Use the hashtags #FP20Analytics, #FP20AnalyticsXmasGiftSalesAnalysis, #builtwithzoomcharts, tag @Federico Pastor and @Zoomcharts.
- Additionally, post your report in the FP20 Analytics LinkedIn Community Group.
- Follow ZoomCharts on LinkedIn
What should the report include?
As part of FP20 Analytics Challenge 12, Your mission is to utilize your data analysis expertise to uncover hidden trends and patterns within the dataset.
Create a report that allows end users to find answers to the following questions easily:
1. Predict future sales:
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What could be the most popular Xmas sale products in the upcoming year?
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Which country had the most Xmas sales in history?
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Which purchase type would be the trend based on historical data?
2. Identify customer segments:
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Based on purchase history and demographics, which customer segments could drive the Xmas sales most?
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For each customer segment, what was their favourite Xmas purchase item?
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Recommend strategies for customer acquisition and retention based on segment insights.
3. Identify potential promotional opportunities (Optional):
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Analyze historical sales data and promotional activity to identify effective discount strategies and promotional offers.
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Recommend the optimal timing and duration of promotions for various product categories and customer segments.
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Predict the impact of different promotional strategies on sales performance.
4. Develop a data-driven approach to pricing:
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Analyze the relationship between product price, sales volume, and customer behaviour.
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Develop dynamic pricing strategies to optimize profits and maintain market competitiveness.
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Recommend pricing adjustments for individual products based on demand and market trends.
Technical requirements
- Build your report using only Power BI
- Reports are restricted to a maximum of 2 pages
- Canvas size is 16:9 (Default Power BI size) or Full HD size = w:1920 - h:1080
- All visuals used in the report should be ZoomCharts Drill Down visuals, except for those that cannot be replicated with ZoomCharts (e.g., Cards, Filters, Slicers, Tables etc.). See a practical guide for using Drill Down visuals here
Judging criteria
Business users use reports to make data-driven decisions. That’s why reports are called effective if they enable users to drill down and filter data quickly and intuitively to find answers to any question they might have and analyse data in all possible directions and dimensions. We will evaluate:
- How easy is it to understand the data? (max 10 points)
- Is too much text used for explanation?
- Are the indicative colors in charts instinctually understandable?
- Does it tell a story?
- How easy-to-use is the report? (max 14 points)
- Cross-chart filtering implementation across the report. Can other visuals provide relevant data as the user explores the report?
- Response time
- Drill Down: multi-layer data exploration. Can the user drill down and gain additional insights within the report?
- Use of tutorial overlays and other elements to assist new users. Can a new user start using this report straight away with just the guidance provided within the report itself?
- How good is the report design and is it suitable for its purpose? (max 10 points)
- Visual design: is the overall look consistent, no empty spaces, no overcrowding?
- Interface design: are there unnecessary visualisations/buttons/complexity in use?
- UX design: is the produced report usable?
- Report design: is the main challenge answered?
- Technical: are all the fonts used the same, are the sizes readable?
You are encouraged to use various techniques at your disposal, such as tooltips, drill-throughs, drill-downs, cross-chart filtering and page navigation features, to enhance your analysis.
Timeline
Workshop | FP20 Analytics Challenge 12: Analyze Gift Sales Data with ZoomCharts
Workshop | FP20 Analytics Challenge 12: Analyze Gift Sales Data with ZoomCharts
04 January | 09:00
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Webinar | FP20 Analytics Challenge 12: ZoomCharts Award Winner
Webinar | FP20 Analytics Challenge 12: ZoomCharts Award Winner
16 January | 11:00
13 December - 09 January