#PBI10 Dataviz Contest

[slindsay]

Post updated: 11 Aug 2025

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🏆 Help us congratulate the PBI10 contest winners! 

💗 The contest was full of incredible submissions - too many to just pick the official winners! Check out some of the judges favorites!

🎬 Watch the winner announcement from the Power BI Livestream.

 

Celebrate 10 years of Power BI with us! 

Power BI is turning 10, and we’re marking the occasion with a special community challenge: the #PBI10 Dataviz Contest! Whether you're a seasoned Power BI pro or just getting started, this is your chance to show off your skills, collaborate with others, and be part of the celebration. 

🎥 Watch the recording that introduces the contest and shares tips on how to win!

❓Check out the frequently asked questions to learn more!

🗓 Contest Timeline 

A massive thank you to everyone who spent time and energy creating reports for our contest! The contest entry period is now closed.

• Winner Announced: Thursday, July 24 at 8am Pacific during the Power BI livestream hosted by Guy in a Cube! Livestream link: aka.ms/pbi10birthday

This time, it’s one round, one dataset, one shot to impress. Simple, fun, and open to all. 

🆕 What’s New? 

If you’ve participated in past contests, you’ll note that we have a couple of new features! If it’s your first Fabric Community dataviz contest – welcome! 

• Beginner Category: New to Power BI? We’ve got a special category just for you!

• Collaboration Encouraged: Team up with friends, colleagues, or community members. Co-create and co-win! 

📊 The Challenge

The theme of this challenge is 10 years of change! You're welcome to use the semantic model or data provided, add to the data, or use your own data all together!

The dataset and a starter file we have for you is sourced from Our World in Data and focuses on 10 years of change in technology. Your task is to build a compelling, insightful, and accessible Power BI report. Use your creativity to tell a story, uncover trends, or highlight something unexpected. 

🌏 The Dataset and Semantic Model

You are welcome to use this source data, our pre-built semantic model, or, source your own data. The data we've sourced for this project comes from Our World in Data and is described in detail over on GitHub.

🧠 Judging Criteria 

Submissions will be scored out of 35 points: 

• Insightfulness (10 points)
  • Clarity & relevance of insights  

• Visual Effectiveness (10 points) 
  • Simplicity, use of color/text, appropriate visuals  

• Accessibility (10 points) 
  • Tab order, alt text, color contrast  
• Creativity (5 points) 
  • Creative use of visuals and WOW factor! 

Learn more about designing accessible Power BI reports.

This contest is designed and judged by the community. Meet the judges!

 

🏆 Prizes & Recognition 

• Winners will score Fabric swag and will be featured on the Power BI Community site  

• Judges favorites will gain global visibility 

• Bragging rights as the #PBI10 Dataviz Champion are at stake!
  

📥 How to Enter 

• Join the Fabric Community – Register or Sign In 
• Download the Dataset – https://aka.ms/pbi10/dataviz/gh
• Build Your Report – Use Power BI Desktop or Publish to Web
• Submit Your Entry in the Contest Gallery
  
  • Have questions about how to submit? Check out How to Submit.

[mamal]

Is there a reason Kosovo is missing from Countries table?

[Someshn]

Very much informative 

[FabricPam]

@mamal -- good catch.  There is not a reason -- I suspect it wasn't included in the data gathering done.  We got this data from a public data source. 

[pWrona]

Hello. 16th of July happens to be Wednesday, not Tudesday. Therefore, my question is if the deadline is Tuesday or 16th of July. Thank you in advance, I am joining the game late but I hope I can manage to submit my take.

[slindsay]

@pWrona - great catch! I'll update the article to reflect the fact that the 16th is in fact a Wednesday! That's completely my mistake!

[mcastaneira89]

Hi there! @slindsay 
We're participating in the #PBI10 Data Visualization Contest and we have a question regarding the page limit.
In the FAQ, it says the maximum allowed is 5 pages. Our main dashboard includes exactly 5 data pages, but we’ve also added 2 extra ones: one titled “About us” and another one titled “About the report”, where we introduce ourselves and provide context about the project.
We’d like to know if those two additional pages count towards the page limit, or if there’s no issue keeping them since they do not contain any data visualizations or analysis.
Thank you very much!

[PauloGrijo]

Hi, @slindsay 

What time do we have until the 16th to send it?

[slindsay]

@PauloGrijo - the deadline is at 11:59pm pacific time!

[slindsay]

@mcastaneira89 - that's no problem at all! only the first 5 pages will be judged, so you're welcome to keep those pages, but please try to ensure they're at the end rather than the beginning!

[BrunoHMioto]

Hi! I uploaded my entry yesterday (16th July) and everything was fine. 
But I found a typo in the Description of my Submission (not the Power BI file). I clicked to edit it and save but now it's gone, I can't find it.

Did I lost it? 

[slindsay]

Hi @BrunoHMioto - I see your entry here: https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Contests-Gallery/Years-of-Change/td-p/4766098

Feel free to make edits to the description - but also don't worry, we're judging the report, not the contents of the description 🙂

[pj_detroyat]

Hi @slindsay, I hope you're doing well!

I published my post two days ago for the Power BI 10th Anniversary Contest, titled: “From Wires to Waves: The Rise of Mobile Connectivity”

It includes several screenshots and a full description of my report. Unfortunately, since my company doesn’t allow publishing external URLs, I wasn’t able to include a live, interactive version of the dashboard. 😪

As my report uses the Copilot narrative visual, I understand that it needs to be published in a workspace that supports Copilot in order to be shared interactively.

Would it be possible for you to upload my .PBIX file to such a workspace and add the public web link to my post?

I’d love to start sharing this dashboard on social media, and it would make a big difference if visitors could explore and interact with the report directly.

Your help in updating the post would be greatly appreciated! 😍

Thank you as well for organizing such an inspiring contest ! I truly had fun creating and participating. Fingers crossed for the final judgement 🤞and best of luck to everyone involved ! (participants AND judges 😉)

Best regards,
pj

[slindsay]

@pj_detroyat - great question! Unfortunately we can't support Copilot features, but the judges will absolutely look at your screenshots and take all features of your report into account. Reports will be embedded by us in the next 24-48 hours, so you'll get to see what your post looks like with the missing Copilot bits. For sharing on socials, a recorded video or GIF of you interacting with the report might be helpful!

I'm so glad to hear you had fun! That's the ultimate goal!

[BrunoHMioto]

Hello!

Can I get the embbed code of my submission to display at my website? 
I did not have a Premium license, but I would like to use the embbed page that you inserted in my contest submission.

Thanks!

[MariaZubillaga]

Hello @slindsay , Good Morning!

Can you please help me to enable the Q&A visual to my entry?

It seems to be disbaled and the section Ask Your Questions looks broken.
Entry: Telecommunications - A perspective on how the Inte... - Microsoft Fabric Community
Thank you for your time