Color expression in Charts, Do I need to nest 25 Ifs?

[demarest]

Hi,  I want to have the same of 24 industry groups to be displayed in the same color across charts.  I realized that this can be done if I just use the same color expression in the different charts.  However, for this purpose anyway, it seems Qliksense does not have a "case" or "switch" syntax and I need to compose 23 nested if statements.  Here is what I have and it works, so non-urgent but if someone knows of a better way please let me know:

if([GICS Industry Group] = 'Automobiles & Components',red(),

if([GICS Industry Group] = 'Banks',blue(),

if([GICS Industry Group] = 'Capital Goods',black(),

if([GICS Industry Group] = 'Commercial & Professional Services',DarkGray(),

if([GICS Industry Group] = 'Consumer Durables & Apparel',LightBlue(),

if([GICS Industry Group] = 'Consumer Services',rgb(255,218,185),

if([GICS Industry Group] = 'Diversified Financials',green(),

if([GICS Industry Group] = 'Energy',lightGreen(),

if([GICS Industry Group] = 'Food & Staples Retailing',Cyan(),

if([GICS Industry Group] = 'Food Beverage & Tobacco',rgb(255,165,0),

if([GICS Industry Group] = 'Health Care Equipment & Services',rgb(192,192,192),

if([GICS Industry Group] = 'Household & Personal Products',rgb(255,105,180),

if([GICS Industry Group] = 'Insurance',rgb(192,192,192),

if([GICS Industry Group] = 'Materials',LightGray(),

if([GICS Industry Group] = 'Media',rgb(176,196,222),

if([GICS Industry Group] = 'Pharmaceuticals Biotechnology & Life Sciences',rgb(0,0,0),

if([GICS Industry Group] = 'Real Estate',rgb(255,20,147),

if([GICS Industry Group] = 'Retailing',yellow(),

if([GICS Industry Group] = 'Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment',rgb(255,0,255),

if([GICS Industry Group] = 'Software & Services',rgb(186,85,211),

if([GICS Industry Group] = 'Technology Hardware & Equipment',rgb(75,0,130),

if([GICS Industry Group] = 'Telecommunication Services',magenta(),

if([GICS Industry Group] = 'Transportation',lightRed(),

rgb(255,0,255))))))))))))))))))))))))

[petter · Accepted solution]

Alternatives:

1) You can do a Pick( Match ( ..... )) like this:

Pick( Match( [GICS Industry Group] ,

   'Automobiles & Components',

   'Banks',

   .....

   ) ,

   Red(), Blue(), .....

)

2) Let the associative model in Qlik do the work for you by having a separate table with key value pairs where the key is [GICS Industry Group] and just keep the key also in the main table.

[aworrall]

Hi - it may not be of any use and a bit of an amateur tip but for me I create master items and place those into the various visuals.  Each master item has a selectable colour, which allows me to theme the same measure throughout the app.

[Ivan_Bozov]

Create a master dimension and assign colors: Dimension Colors‌