Quickly create an Area Chart with Multiple Series in Excel

1. In Excel, prepare the source data as below screenshot shown for the new chart.

2. Click Kutools > Charts > Category Comparison > Multi Series Area Chart to enable this feature.

3. In the Multi Series Area Chart dialog, please specify the data as follows:
(1) In the Data range box, please specify the range containing multiple sets of series values that you will create the new chart based on;
(2) In the Axis Labels box, please select the range of cells whose values will be used as the horizontal axis labels;
(3) In the Series name box, please select the range of cells whose values will represent the series names.
(4) Click the Ok button.

4. Now a dialog comes out and tells you it will generate a hidden sheet to store the intermediate data for the new area chart. Please click the Yes button to go ahead.

So far, we have created a compound area chart for multiple sets of series values. See screenshot:

1. In the Multi Series Area Chart dialog, click the Example button will close the current dialog and open the example sheet.

2. When creating the Multi-series area chart, it generates some intermediate data in a hidden sheet, and you can view the data as follows:
(1) Right click any sheet tab in the Sheet Tab bar, and select Hidden from the context menu;
(2) In the Unhide window, click to select the Kutools_Chart sheet, and click the OK button.

Now you will get the intermediate data in the Kutools_Chart sheet.

3. The Multi Series Area Chart feature supports undo.