It’s days 1 and 2 of dashboard week, and we are stepping onto the grandest data stage of the year! Time flies when you’re having fun.
Today’s challenge was set by the Power BI Dataviz World Champs | Round 1. This is more than just a typical classroom task; this is the first leg of a competitive journey building towards the live global finals in Barcelona! We are diving into a football-inspired dataset tracking a fictional global e-commerce retailer called PitchSide Pro, which specialises in selling football kits, national team gear, boots, and fan culture collectibles.
Over the last five years, their business has expanded through seasonal spikes, digital channel growth, and major tournament moments. Your job is to act as the corporate analyst, make sense of it all and answer the following question:
What is driving changes in revenue performance over time, and where should the business focus next to sustain growth?
You have two full days to perfect your build before the final whistle blows.
Task
- Download the official championship files: Access the starter file, source CSV tables, and the data schema (
FactSales,FactTraffic,Product,Customer,Region,Channel). - Answer the Executive Question: Your report must clearly answer: What is driving changes in revenue performance over time, and where should the business focus next to sustain growth?
- Build for the Leadership Team: Design a formal, trustworthy report tailored to an executive audience who views these metrics daily. It must provide top-line clarity at first glance but allow for deep interactive drill-downs.
- Follow strict design constraints:
- Must be built as a single
.pbixfile containing no more than 5 pages. - Include at least three core Power BI visuals.
- Do not alter the dataset (no editing values, changing rows, or bringing in external data). You may transform and model it within Power BI, but the source data must stay intact.
- Must be built as a single
- Infuse some football personality: You are highly encouraged to use custom themes and add creative visual elements like club badges, flags, or subtle stadium backgrounds to bring a bit of football energy to the executive pages!
- Prioritise accessibility: Ensure the report meets professional expectations with strong contrast ratios, clear text labels, intentional reading order, and alt text for key charts.
- Publish to the web: Upload your entry to the Power BI Service, embed it into your daily blog post, and commit your modeling steps to GitHub.
- Presentations will be at 3:30 pm on Day 2.
To give you an idea of what it takes to catch the judges' eyes and build a report worthy of a global stage, check out this review from previous tournaments detailing exactly how the top report designers map out their visual systems and communication strategies.
This video is highly relevant because it features the competition leads walking through the precise mechanics of the Dataviz World Championships, offering direct guidance on user-centered design, storytelling, and avoiding common pitfalls in your submission.