QuickViz Challenges | Fabric Data Days

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We’re excited to introduce QuickViz, a series of bite-sized Power BI visual challenges designed to make learning, sharing, and creating with data fun - one visual at a time.

Each week, we’ll post a new mini-challenge. These contests are perfect for anyone looking to practice skills, explore new visuals, and engage with the Fabric community - all without committing to a full report.

🎯 Why QuickViz Challenges?

QuickViz contests are designed to be simple and fun exercises: 

• Minimal time investment: 30 mins to an hour per challenge

• Single visual focus: Bar chart, matrix, line chart, or any single visualization

• Educational & fun: Learn as you create

• Easy to share: Perfect for sharing your expertise here in the community or on social media

🗓 Week-by-Week Challenges

Week 1: Check out the instructions at - Raise the Bar

• Open: Nov 7, 2025

• Close: Nov 13, 2025

• Focus: Bar chart: show a simple comparison

• Challenge: Create a bar chart that tells a compelling story - whether it’s ranking, comparison, or trend. Experiment with colors, formatting, and sorting to make your insights shine.

• Entries: Thank you to everyone who participated! We had 125 excellent entries! If you see something you like, give it a like/kudo and download the .pbix to use in your future solutions!

• Winners: Congratulations to the week 1 winners! You'll receive a PM from us with info on how to redeem your prize!

  • Reminder - get your solutions in early so you can rack up the votes! Note that we audit likes. Creating multiple community accounts for a single user is not permitted.

Week 2: Check out the instructions at - Time Traveler

• Open: Nov 14, 2025

• Close: Nov 20, 2025

• Focus: Line chart: show change over time

• Challenge: Create a line chart that tells a compelling story of change over time. Play with colors, formatting, and annotations to highlight trends and bring your insights to life.
• Submit: Be sure to set the category to "Time traveler" when you submit! This will help us ensure your entry is included when we're determining winners!

• Winners: Congratulations to the week 2 winners! You'll receive a PM from us with info on how to redeem your prize!

  • Reminder - get your solutions in early so you can rack up the votes! Note that we audit likes. Creating multiple community accounts for a single user is not permitted.

Week 3: Check out the instructions at - Matrix magic

• Open: Nov 21, 2025

• Close: Nov 27, 2025

• Focus: Matrix or table: 

• Challenge: Create a matrix or table that clearly compares your data. Use formatting, highlights, and thoughtful layout to help viewers quickly spot patterns, differences, and the insights that matter most.
• Submit: Be sure to set the category to "Matrix magic" when you submit! This will help us ensure your entry is included when we're determining winners!
• Note - there is a gap between Week 3 and Week 4 due to US holidays.

Week 4: Dec 5 - Dec 11

• Details coming soon.

🚀 How to Participate

Everyone is welcome to participate! 

1. Check out the challenge for the week and get the dataset.

2. Build your visual in Power BI.

3. Submit your screenshot and .pbix file in the QuickViz gallery 

🏆 What's at stake?

Winners will be featured in the QuickViz gallery, in the winner blog post, and will recieve Fabric swag! This contest is entirely community driven - so - the entries with the highest number of likes/kudos each week will win.

How does voting work?

Voting opens when submissions open, and closes at the end of the week, on Fridays (at 8am Pacific). Winners will be announced at the end of the week! That means, the earlier you get your viz in, the longer people have to see it and vote! Get your friends and colleagues to join the community and cast their votes.

Important note, the spirit of the community matters. We love seeing new people join the community to support your work - that’s the whole point of these challenges. But we do audit votes, and we won’t reward cheating or attempts to game the system. Let’s keep this fun, fair, and focused on celebrating your work!

👀 Do you like what you see?! You can download the .pbix file to use in your solutions! Look good at work with help from the community!

We hope you enjoy this format: fast, fun, and a great way to practice, showcase, and connect with other data enthusiasts.

[sazidthe1]

Looks fun and super practical, love the quick-hit format for sharpening Power BI skills!

[RihanRazik]

Hi,

Where is the dataset to participate?

[anandapriya_92]

Hi @slindsay ,

Is the Week 1 QuickViz Challenge dataset included in the sample file shared in the QuickViz Gallery, or are we allowed to use our own dataset?

[aopoczko2]

Hello, post mentions the datased to be used, is the URL missing? Or shall we grab the sample file and use the database from it?

[PauloGrijo]

Hi everyone, please see the hyperlink on the post. By clicking on it you will see some instructions.

> Week 1: "Raise the Bar"

[Rufyda]

Sounds good

[slindsay]

@RihanRazik - you can find the instructions and the sample file at (3) QuickViz Challenge | Raise the Bar! - Microsoft Fabric Community

@anandapriya_92 - you are welcome to use my super simple dataset or bring your own! Whatever works best for you!

@aopoczko2 - you can find and download the sample file here: Raise the bar | Sample file - Microsoft Fabric Community

@PauloGrijo - thanks for your help!

[Nabha-Ahmed]

Great i'm excited to share 

[Mohamed32]

I think two day to come this week challenge, it is not enough for me. so I will participate in next week' challenge.

[slindsay]

@Mohamed32 wonderful, we'll see you next week! The challenge will be posted on the 14th at 8am Pacific 🙂 See you soon!

[dineshvishe1]

Data link are not shared.  kindly and change dates

[slindsay]

@dineshvishe1 - the datasets are in the sample .pbix files 🙂 For week 2, you can find the data by downloading the .pbix from: Time traveler | Sample file - Microsoft Fabric Community

[Badolekunal1]

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