Competition
Analyzing Sales Data in Alteryx
Test your Alteryx skills on four real-world datasets focusing on retail sales data. Using Alteryx Designer, you'll prepare, blend, and analyze data to answer questions about sales trends and performance. This will help you to identify key drivers of sales success, enabling informed business decisions and strategic planning.
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Your challenge
Using Alteryx Designer, create workflows to answer the following questions:
- What were the 10 most profitable orders?
- What day of the week is most profitable, and by how much?
- How do the profits vary by category and region?
- What sub-categories contributed to the most profit in each category?
- Don't feel limited by these questions, you're encouraged to use your skills and creativity to make your workflow your own. Summarize your findings in an executive summary.
How to get started
Create your most insightful analysis using DataLab, our in-browser tool to write, run, and publish data analyses. Once you’ve finished your work, you’ll need to publish it for review.
Judging criteria
Executive summary (25%)
- Clarity of writing down your main findings.
Insights (25%)
- Quality of recommendations - are appropriate analytical techniques used & are the conclusions valid? Is the methodology clear?
Workflow design (30%)
- Is the workflow built efficiently? Is the workflow well-structured and presented nicely?
Public upvotes (20%)
- Upvoting - most upvoted entries get the most points.
Rules
- Entries to the competition take the form of a workbook publication. Make sure the competition publication is publicly visible in order to be entered into the competition.
- Your publication should be focused on data provided within the competition.
- The competition is open and free to registered DataCamp users.
- Only one entry per user. You may update your entry up to the deadline.
- Make sure your competition workbook is published by the competition deadline in order for it to be valid.
- You can check the time left to submit on the counter at the top of this page.
Note: Please make sure you're 18+ years old and are allowed to take part in a skill-based competition from your country.
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How do I compete in DataCamp competitions?
You will create a data analysis based on the dataset provided. You will submit your ready-to-share notebook publication for a review by fellow DataCamp learners and the judging panel in accordance with the evaluation metrics created for the competition.
How long does a competition run?
The detailed information on the competition timeline can be found on the competition’s homepage. Most DataCamp Competitions include two deadlines: a submission deadline (after which no new submissions will be accepted), and a voting deadline (after which no new votes be counted towards final evaluation). It is very, very important to keep these deadlines in mind.
What makes a winning solution?
The winners will be selected based on the judging criteria provided in the description of each competition.
How will I get my prize? Are there any conditions?
We will contact each winner separately to agree on the best way to deliver the prize. The winners are responsible for any fees or taxes liable in your home country upon receiving the funds. Any relevant conditions will be stated in the Competition Rules and Terms of Use.
Are teams allowed?
Not yet, but we are exploring this opportunity for future competitions.