Messages with duplicate OBR-3.1 to a new tab

Question:
I’m looking the way to get “DISTINCT” OBR-3.1 value messages. How can I do this in custom code. I want to show any messages that have duplicate OBR-3.1 values to a new tab. Please note we have multiple OBR segments per message.

Answer:
The following code should do the trick.

private class TrackedItem
{
   public List<IMessageData> Messages=new List<IMessageData>();
   public int Index {get;set;}
}

Dictionary<string,TrackedItem> _knownValues = new Dictionary<string,TrackedItem>(StringComparer.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase);

public override void OnStart() {
  _knownValues.Clear();
}

public override void Run() {
  // Get an HL7 Message in parsed format
  HL7Message message = GetParsedMessage();
  OBR obr = message.Segments.First<OBR>();
  if(obr != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(obr.FillerOrderNumber_03.Value))
  {
    string obrIdentifier = obr.FillerOrderNumber_03.Value;
    TrackedItem item;
    if(!_knownValues.TryGetValue(obrIdentifier,out item))
    {
       item = new TrackedItem();
       _knownValues.Add(obrIdentifier,item);
    } else
    {
       Log(Severity.Informational,string.Format("duplicates found at index",MessageIndex));
       if(item.Index==0)
        item.Index = MessageIndex;
    }
    item.Messages.Add(Message);
  }
}

public override void OnFinish() {
  var list = _knownValues.Values.Where(i=>i.Messages.Count>1).ToList();
  Log(Severity.Informational,string.Format("{0} duplicates found",list.Count));
  foreach(TrackedItem item in list)
  {
    SaveMessage(item.Messages,"Duplicates");
  }
}