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December 2025 DataDNA – Animal Shelter Operations Challenge

December 2025 DataDNA – Animal Shelter Operations Challenge

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Progress from Beginner to Intermediate to Advanced as you complete more challenges. Your tier reflects your demonstrated data visualisation skills.

How We Score Your Work

Our AI reviewer evaluates every submission across four dimensions:

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Storytelling

Does your visualisation tell a clear, compelling story? We look for logical flow, context, and narrative progression that guides the viewer through your insights.

1-5

Design

Is your dashboard clean, readable, and visually appealing? We evaluate layout, typography, colour choices, and visual hierarchy.

1-5

Technical

Does your work demonstrate strong technical skills? We assess DAX usage, data modelling, chart type selection, and interactivity implementation.

1-5

Insights

Do you provide meaningful analysis? We look for non-obvious discoveries, actionable recommendations, and demonstrated business impact.

A score of 3 represents solid, competent work. Scores of 4-5 require exceptional evidence in that dimension.

What Happens After You Submit?

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AI Review

Within 15-30 minutes, our AI reviewer analyses your submission and generates personalised feedback across all four scoring dimensions.

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Email Feedback

If you opted into feedback emails, you'll receive your scores, strengths, areas for improvement, and a pro tip to help you level up.

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Portfolio Draft

If you selected portfolio creation, a draft entry is added to your profile. Review it, refine your description, then publish when you're ready.

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Shelters face daily operational challenges, and this dataset highlights several critical areas:

Operational & Analytical Challenges

  • Unpredictable intake patterns make staffing and resource planning difficult.

  • Rising intake volumes strain capacity and impact animal welfare.

  • Inconsistent or unclear outcomes make it hard to track placement success and live-release performance.

  • Long stays for certain animals increase cost and reduce available space.

  • Limited visibility into which factors drive successful adoptions or higher-risk outcomes.

  • Seasonal and weekday fluctuations complicate operational scheduling.

  • Unknown high-volume intake sources affect outreach and prevention strategies.

  • Repeat intakes indicate gaps in community support or owner retention.

  • Difficulty tracing which conditions or intake types lead to longer stays or poorer outcomes.

Your report should address these gaps by revealing patterns, risks, and opportunities that help shelters improve outcomes, streamline operations, and enhance animal care.

What happens after you submit

Instant confirmation

You'll receive a confirmation email immediately with links to your portfolio entry and profile.

AI feedback within 30 minutes

Your work is scored across storytelling, design, technical depth, and insights. Detailed feedback arrives by email.

Scores on your portfolio

A draft portfolio entry is created automatically. Once you publish it, your AI scores appear on your public profile and the portfolio gallery.

Certificates for winners

Certificates are emailed to winners after the challenge closes and results are finalised.

Please note: Resubmissions are not permitted, to ensure fairness for all participants.

How to submit your entry

  • Step 1. Follow Onyx Data on LinkedIn (it’s Ok if you already follow Onyx Data).
  • Step 2. Share a LinkedIn post on your profile with your visualisation image and tag directly using @ mention to:
    @OnyxData @ZoomCharts @SmartFramesUI @DataCareerJumpstart
    and use the hashtag #dataDNA.
  • Step 3. In your post, share an image of your visualisation or dashboard (remember, it must be a single image).You can directly click on below button directly to share !

 

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Judging Criteria for Power BI Reports

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 analyze data in all possible directions and dimensions.

We will evaluate:

1) 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?

2) 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?

3) 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 visualizations/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.

Resources

Here are some useful links to learn more about ZoomCharts and get inspiration for your report:

  • Use-Case Gallery: Try live demos and download reports made by the ZoomCharts team.
  • Video Tutorials: Watch engaging video guides on how to set up and use the visuals.
  • Documentation: Technical deep-dive about ZoomCharts visuals.
  • ZoomCharts Blog: Useful tips & tricks for data visualization and report creation.
  • Visuals Gallery: Explore all the possible customization options for Drill Down Visuals.

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Timeline

01 December 2025
Challenge Begins

Challenge begins and entries accepted

16 December 2025
Deadline for all entries to be submitted

No form submitted after the deadline

17 December 2025
Entry Review and Winner Selection b

Review and selection will be done between 17-19 December

19 December 2025
Winners Announcement

Winner will be announced and notified

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– Share a LinkedIn post with your visualization image and tag @OnyxData, @SmartFramesUI, @DataCareerJumpstart and @packt with #dataDNA.
– Share an image of your visualization or dashboard (single image only).
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Only one entry is accepted for the challenge. After your first entry, no further entries will be accepted.

The challenge is open to all BI and data visualization tools.

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