Area

Use an area visualization to emphasize the magnitude of change over time.

Area charts are like line charts, but the areas below the lines are filled with colors or patterns. Stacked charts are useful for comparing proportional contributions in a category. They plot the relative value that each data series contributes to the total.

Because an area visualization stacks the results for each column or item, the total of all results is easily seen.

For example, an area visualization is excellent for looking at revenue over time across several products.

This area visualization shows the customer lifetime value for each vehicle class per month. Because the area visualization stacks the results, you see the totals for each month.