Stacked Area Chart

Stacked Area charts show how values change over time while also displaying how individual segments contribute to the total.

They are especially useful when you want to:

• visualize trends over time
• understand cumulative totals
• see how different segments contribute to growth
• analyze overall progression of values

In this tutorial, you will reuse the Sales Tracking list to create a Stacked Area chart that visualizes cumulative monthly sales.

Instructions

Step 1: Prepare the data source

We will reuse the Sales Tracking list.

The list contains:

• Month
• 2025 Sales
• 2026 Sales
• Index

Make sure the view is sorted by: Index (Ascending)

Step 2: Open Charts in Ultimate Forms

1. Open Design
2. Select Charts
3. Click Add new profile

Step 3: Configure General settings

• Title: Monthly Sales Trend (Stacked)
• View: All Items (or your sorted view)
• Category (X axis): Month
• Colors (optional)
• Add two Series:
  • Series 1:
    • Column: 2025 Sales
    • Aggregation: Sum
    • Label: 2025
  • Series 2
    • Column: 2026 Sales
    • Aggregation: Sum
    • Label: 2026

Step 4: Configure Display settings

Open the Display tab.

• Chart type: Stacked Area
• Enable 3D - Optional (can be enabled for a more visual effect)
• Show legend: Enabled
• Legend position: Top
• Show values: Enabled (optional)
• Width: 1000

The chart will display filled areas stacked on top of each other, forming a cumulative total over time.

Step 5: Configure Title settings

• Include title: Enabled
• Font size: 16px
• Bold: Enabled

Step 6: Save the chart profile

• Click Save

The Stacked Area chart profile is now available for use.

Step 7: Add the chart to a SharePoint page

After saving the chart profile, you need to add it to a SharePoint page using a web part:

1. Create a new SharePoint page.
2. Click the + button and add the Ultimate Forms.
3. Once added, click the Edit Properties.
4. In the web part properties:
   • Set Type to Charts
   • Select the profile: Monthly Sales Trend (Stacked)
5. Publish the page

Result

The Stacked Area chart displays cumulative monthly sales while showing how each year contributes to the total over time.

This makes it easy to:

• identify overall growth trends
• understand how values accumulate
• compare contribution within the total

Compare with Area Chart

What changes:

• Area chart → displays values for each series independently, but overlapping areas may make comparison harder
• Stacked Area chart → combines values into a cumulative total, making overall trends and contributions clearer

Summary

In this tutorial, you learned how to create a Stacked Area chart to visualize cumulative trends and composition over time. This type of chart is ideal for analyzing how values grow and combine across categories.