⚡ Translytical Task Flow Contest: Now Live!

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Do you have a great idea for automating insight-to-action scenarios with User Data Functions (UDFs)? Want to help others learn by example while showcasing your creativity and technical chops?

Introducing the Translytical Task Flow Contest - a community challenge to build, share, and inspire with reusable task flow templates that bridge analytics and action. Your work will contribute to the Translytical Task Flow Gallery and show off what’s possible with Microsoft Fabric.

🧠 The Challenge

Design a translytical task flow that uses a User Data Function (UDF) to demonstrate a real-world scenario. Submissions should include:

• A clear description of your task flow and scenario

• A GIF that shows the flow in action

• Your UDF code template, with placeholder values for API keys or other sensitive data

🚫 Do not include actual API keys or sensitive data in your submission.

Not sure where to start? Your scenario can be based on dummy data or APIs - we’re looking for useful ideas, not production-ready implementations. For example, the “Augment data on the fly” template uses fake influencer data and a fictional API.

💡 Looking for Inspiration?

Explore the Translytical Task Flow Gallery to see how others are building scenarios that blend real-time analytics with actionable outcomes. Think:

• Automating retraining when a model performance drops

• Triggering a workflow when inventory hits a critical low

• Enriching customer data on the fly with external API lookups

Let these examples spark your creativity, and feel free to take your scenario in a totally new direction.

📅 Timeline

• Entry period: August 4 – August 29
• Judging period: September 4 – September 12
• Winners announced at FabCon Vienna (stay tuned for session details!)
  
  

📥 How to Submit

To enter, publish your scenario to the Translytical Task Flow Gallery during the contest period.

Your submission must include:

• A description of your scenario

• An image or GIF that clearly shows the task flow in action

• A downloadable or inline UDF code template

• Placeholder values for any sensitive elements (e.g., api_key='<API Key here>')

Submit as many task flows as you want - each will be judged individually.

✅ Participant Tips

• You’ll need your own Fabric capacity or trial

• Replace any real API keys with placeholders

• You can use dummy APIs and data to illustrate your idea

• Use tools like ScreenToGif to record and blur sensitive info

• AI tools like GitHub Copilot are fair game to help write your UDF code!
  
  

🧪 Judging Criteria

Submissions will be evaluated across four categories:

• Usefulness & Impact (25%)
  Does the scenario solve a real problem or automate a high-value task?
  Is it something others would benefit from using?

• Creativity & Innovation (25%)
  Is the scenario clever, surprising, or original?
  Does it integrate with other services, APIs, or leverage AI?

• Popularity (25%)
  How well is your submission received by the community (likes)?

• Reusability & Clarity (25%)
  Is the code clean, commented, and easy to adapt?
  Does the description and GIF clearly show what’s happening?
  
  

🏆 Awards

We’ll be selecting multiple winners:

• Best Overall – Highest combined score

• Most Impactful – Top score in Usefulness & Impact

• Most Innovative – Top score in Creativity & Innovation

• Most Popular – Most community likes
  
  

🎁 Winners will be featured as official templates in the gallery - and receive swag!

👩‍⚖️ Meet the Judges

• Miguel Myers

• Luis Bosquez

Let’s build a gallery full of actionable, insightful templates that show the power of translytical flows. We can’t wait to see what you come up with.

👉 Submit your task flow now