• Introduction to Orion Development
    • Orion Platform
      • Data Record
      • DRConvert
      • Floe
      • Orion Client
      • Artemis
  • Orion Development Tutorials
    • Basic Development of Cubes and Floes
    • Creating a New Orion Package
      • Features
      • Requirements
      • Setup
      • Commands
      • Output Skeleton
      • Package Documentation
      • Advanced Build Options
        • Private Python Packages
        • Script Hooks
      • Creating a Package Image (Advanced)
        • Prerequisites
        • Overview
        • Creating an image from an existing floe
        • Index of Related OCLI Commands
    • Tutorial: Creating a Tensorflow Package
      • Creating the initial package
      • Configuring Conda Requirements
      • Writing a Training Workfloe
      • Testing the Training Workfloe
      • Writing a Prediction Workfloe
      • Testing the Prediction Workfloe
    • Applying Advanced Techniques
      • Introduction
      • Concurrency
        • The Bottleneck problem - Why Do Cubes Stall?
        • The Bookkeeping Problem - How to merge output of subfloes
      • Computational Resources
        • Transportation Costs
        • Cube Group Limitations
      • Parallelization
        • When Not to Parallelize
        • Parallel Cube Groups
        • The end() Method
      • Data Traffic
        • Optimizing Data Traffic
        • Buffering and Batching
        • Buffering
        • Batching
        • Buffering vs. Batching
      • Collections I/O
        • Efficient Collections I/O
        • Serial Writing
        • Advanced Writing
        • Conclusion
      • Summary: Optimized Floe Design
    • Using the Floe Editor
  • Working Programmatically with Molecule Search
    • Search Commands
      • Exact 2D Search
      • Similarity (GraphSim) 2D Search
      • Substructure 2D Search
      • Title 2D Search
      • 3D Similarity Search
    • Commands for Information Gathering
      • Getting a SMILES String from a Name
      • Getting Information about a Specific Query
      • Listing All Queries
      • Listing the Results of a Query
      • Get Information about a Searchable Database
      • Show the Sharing Status of a Custom Database
    • Query Manipulation Commands
      • Update a Molecule Search Query
      • Export Query Results to a Dataset
      • Download Results and Query to Separate Files
      • Delete a Query
    • Database Manipulation Commands
      • Create a Database from a Prepared Collection
      • Load/Unload a Database
      • Share/Unshare a Database
    • orionclient User Stories
      • Molecule Input
      • Query Round Trip
  • OpenEye Orion Platform Packages
    • Orion Platform
      • Quick Start
        • Requirements
        • Installing Orion Platform
        • Migrating from Cube Record
        • Writing Cubes with Orion Platform
        • Building Floes with Orion Platform Cubes
      • Orion Platform Introduction
        • Data handling in Orion
        • Record Basics
        • Shard Collections
        • Port Basics
        • Cube Basics
        • Common Cube Usage
        • Cube Unit Tests
        • Floe Unit Tests
      • Orion Platform Cubes
        • Orion Platform Dataset Cubes
        • Orion Platform File Cubes
        • Orion Platform Collection Cubes
      • Orion Platform Mixins
        • CollectionPortsMixin
        • RecordPortsMixin
        • ShardPortsMixin
      • Orion Platform Ports
        • Record Ports
        • Collection and Shard Ports
      • Orion Platform Parameters
        • Dataset Parameters
        • Field Parameters
        • File Parameters
        • Collection Parameters
        • Secret Parameters
      • Miscellaneous
        • InputSystemTagParameter
      • Orion Environment Variables
      • Supported Operating Systems
        • x86-64
        • arm64
      • Orion Platform Exceptions
        • ParameterException
        • PlatformException
      • Migrating from CubeRecord
        • Summary of differences
        • Migrating Cubes
        • Migrating Cube Tests
        • API Changes
    • Orion Client
      • Quick Start
        • Installing Orion Client
        • Authenticating with Orion
        • Interacting with Orion
      • Orion Client Examples
        • Orion Client Python API Examples
        • Orion Client Command Line Examples
      • Orion Client Session
        • OrionSession
        • in_orion()
        • get_profile_config()
        • get_session()
      • Orion Client Utilities
        • Backoff
        • TemporaryPath
      • Orion Client Helpers
        • Collection Helpers
        • Parameterization Helpers
        • Workfloe Helpers
      • Orion Client Types
        • Storage Types
        • Floe Types
        • Service Types
        • Management Types
        • Molecule Search Types
      • Orion Client Links
        • Orion Type Link
        • Record Type Link
        • Shard Type Link
      • Orion CLI
        • Options
        • Configuration Commands (ocli config)
        • Storage Commands
        • Floe Commands
        • Molecule Search Database Commands
        • Molecule Search Query Commands
        • Services
      • Orion Client Exceptions
        • AuthorizationRequired
        • BadResponse
        • InvalidAPIVersion
        • InvalidCredentials
        • NotFoundResponse
        • OrionConnectionError
        • OrionError
        • OrionLinkError
        • OrionServiceError
        • OrionTimeout
        • RateLimitedResponse
        • ValidationError
    • Floe
      • WorkFloes
        • Overview
        • Writing a WorkFloe in Python
        • Running a WorkFloe
        • Serializing a WorkFloe
        • Cube Execution Order
        • Cube Groups
        • Nested WorkFloes
        • Multistage WorkFloes
        • Cyclic WorkFloes
      • Cubes
        • Cube Types
        • Cube Methods
        • Emitting Items
        • Cube Parameters
        • Writing Cubes
        • Parallel Cubes
        • Packaging Cubes
        • Cube Ports
        • Testing Cubes
        • Debugging Cubes
        • Cube Metrics
        • Tuning Cube Communication
      • Parameters
        • Parameter Types
        • Adding a cube parameter
        • Specifying Parameters at run time
        • Getting a Parameter value
        • Grouping cube parameters
        • Promoting a cube parameter
        • Grouping promoted parameters
        • Parameter Attributes
        • Storing multiple values
        • Specifying parameter choices
        • Providing a static value for a parameter
        • Ordering cube parameters for user interface display
        • Ordering parameter groups for user interface display
        • Basic vs. Advanced Parameters
        • Overriding parameter fields on a cube
        • Overriding defaults in a derived class
        • Parameter Methods
      • Orion Integration
        • Development Lifecycle
        • Packaging
        • Linting and Detection
        • Hardware Requirements
        • Additional Parallel Cube Parameters
        • Job Scheduling
        • Job Logs
        • Cube File Systems
        • WorkFloe System Tags
      • FloeSpecConverter
        • Creating Spec Converter class
        • Using Spec Converters
        • Floe Package vs Floe Spec Versions
      • Dominant Resource Factor
      • Cube Types
        • ComputeCube
        • Cube
        • CubeGroup
        • CubeParametersMixin
        • CycleDetails
        • ParallelComputeCube
        • ParallelCubeGroup
        • ParallelMixin
        • ParameterConnection
        • SinkCube
        • SourceCube
      • Parameter Types
        • BaseParameter
        • BooleanParameter
        • DecimalParameter
        • FileInputParameter
        • FileOutputParameter
        • IntegerParameter
        • JSONParameter
        • ParameterGroup
        • PromotedParameterGroup
        • StringParameter
      • Test API
        • CubeTestRunner
      • Capacity States
    • Datarecord
      • Quick Tour
        • Introduction
        • Basic Functionality
        • Advanced Topics
      • OpenEye-datarecord API Reference
        • OERecord class
        • OEMolRecord class
        • OEField class
        • Types class
        • OEMatchField class
        • OEPrimaryMolField class
        • OEFieldMeta class
        • OERecordMeta class
        • Meta class
        • OEReadRecord function
        • OEWriteRecord function
        • CustomHandler class
        • create_link function
    • DRConvert
      • OpenEye-drconvert API Reference
        • Conversion to Records
        • Conversion from Records
        • Conversion to Alternate Formats
      • Datarecord Type Coercion And Field Splitting
        • Identifier Field Splitting Example
      • Using an External Schema
        • Handling Unexpected Values
        • Manually Splitting Columns
        • Renaming Columns
        • Metadata on the Schema Fields
    • Artemis
      • Quick Start
        • Installing Artemis
        • Writing a Floe Test
        • Running a Floe Test
      • Artemis Examples
        • Handling Local and Orion Floe testing
        • Testing with Collections
        • Dynamic Packaging
      • Wrapper API
        • Utilities
        • WorkFloe Wrapper
        • Input Wrappers
        • Output Wrappers
      • Pytest Markers
        • @package
        • @orion_xfail
        • @on_demand
      • Packaging API
        • OrionTestPackage
      • FloeTestCase
        • FloeTestCase
      • Pytest Options
        • Runtime
        • Resource Management
  • Release History
    • Orion Platform v6.4.0
      • Fixes
      • Orion Client
      • Orion Integration
    • Orion Platform v6.3.2
      • Floe
      • Orion Client
    • Orion 2024.3.1
    • Orion Platform v6.3.1
      • Code-Only Floe Packages
      • Working Around setuptools convert_path Problems Affecting OpenEye Utilities
      • Bug Fixes
      • Orion Client
        • Molecule Search
      • DRConvert
    • Orion 2024.2.1
      • Bug Fixes
    • Orion Platform v6.2.0
      • Orion Client
      • DRConvert
      • Bug Fixes
    • Version 2024.1.1 Highlights for Cube and Floe Developers
      • Bug Fixes
    • Version 2023.3.1 Highlights for Cube and Floe Developers
    • Orion Integration, Version 2023.3.1
    • Orion Platform v6.1.2
      • Orion Client
        • Bug Fixes
      • Floe
    • Version 2023.2.1 Highlights
    • Orion Integration, Version 2023.2.1
    • Orion Platform v6.0.0
      • Floe
      • Orion Client
      • DRConvert
    • Version 2023.1.2 Highlights
    • Orion Integration, Version 2023.1.2
    • Orion Platform v5.1.1
      • Orion Client
    • Orion Integration, Version 2023.1.1
    • Orion Platform v5.0.0
      • Orion Client
      • Floe
    • Orion Integration, Version 2022.3.1
    • Orion Platform v4.5.4
      • Orion Client
    • Orion Platform v4.5.3
      • Orion Client
    • Orion Platform v4.5.2
      • Orion Client
    • Orion Platform v4.5.1
      • Floe
    • Orion Platform v4.5.0
      • Artemis
      • Orion Client
      • Floe
    • Orion Platform v4.4.1 September 2022
      • Orion Client
    • Orion Platform v4.4.0 June 2022
      • Floe
      • Orion Client
      • DRConvert
    • Orion Platform v4.3.2 May 2022
      • DRConvert
    • Orion Platform v4.3.1 February 2022
      • Orion Client
    • Orion Platform v4.3.0 February 2022
      • drconvert
      • Orion Client
      • Floe
    • Orion Platform v4.2.7 November 2021
    • Orion Platform v4.2.6 November 2021
    • Orion Platform v4.2.5 October 2021
      • Orion Client
    • Orion Platform v4.2.4 October 2021
      • Orion Client
    • Orion Platform v4.2.3 October 2021
    • Orion Platform v4.2.2 October 2021
      • Datarecord
    • Orion Platform v4.2.1 October 2021
      • Floe
    • Orion Platform v4.2.0 October 2021
      • Orion Client
      • DRConvert
    • Orion Platform v4.1.0 September 2021
      • Orion Client
      • Artemis
      • drconvert
      • Floe
    • Orion Platform v4.0.0 May 2021
      • Orion Client
      • Artemis
      • Floe
        • Bugfixes
      • DRConvert
      • Datarecord
    • Orion Platform v3.1.3 January 2021
    • Orion Platform v3.1.2 December 2020
    • Orion Platform v3.1.1 December 2020
    • Orion Platform v3.1.0 November 2020
    • Orion Platform v3.0.1 August 2020
    • Orion Platform v3.0.0 August 2020
      • Bugfixes:
    • Orion Platform v2.4.6 May 2020
    • Orion Platform v2.4.5 April 2020
    • Orion Platform v2.4.4 March 2020
    • Orion Platform v2.4.3 March 2020
    • Orion Platform v2.4.2 February 2020
    • Orion Platform v2.4.1 January 2020
    • Orion Platform v2.4.0 December 2019
    • Orion Platform v2.3.0: November 2019
    • Orion Platform v2.2.1 November 2019
      • Bugfixes:
    • Orion Platform v2.2.0 November 2019
      • Bugfixes:
    • Orion Platform v2.1.0 October 2019
    • Orion Platform v2.0.1 September 2019
      • Bugfixes:
    • Orion Platform v2.0.0 August 2019
    • Orion Platform v1.1.4 August 2019
    • Orion Platform v1.1.2 August 2019
    • Orion Platform v1.1.0 August 2019
      • Bugfixes:
    • Orion Platform v1.0.2 July 2019
    • Orion Platform v1.0.1 July 2019
    • Orion Platform v1.0.0 June 2019
      • Bugfixes:
    • Orion Platform v0.3.2 June 2019
    • Orion Platform v0.3.1 May 2019
      • Bugfixes:
    • Orion Platform v0.3.0 May 2019
    • Orion Platform v0.2.3 May 2019
      • Bugfixes:
    • Orion Platform v0.2.2 May 2019
      • Bugfixes:
      • Bugfixes
    • Orion Platform v0.2.1 March 2019
      • Bugfixes
    • Orion Platform v0.2.0 January 2019
    • Orion Platform v0.1.14 February 2019
    • Orion Platform v0.1.13 January 2019
    • Orion Platform v0.1.12 December 2018
    • Orion Platform v0.1.11 November 2018
    • Orion Platform v0.1.10 November 2018
    • Orion Platform v0.1.9 October 2018
    • Orion Platform v0.1.8 October 2018
    • Orion Platform v0.1.6 September 2018
    • Orion Platform v0.1.5 September 2018
    • Orion Platform v0.1.4 September 2018
  • OpenEye Glossary of Terms
  • Legal Notices
    • Copyright and Trademarks
    • Sample Code
    • Citation
      • Orion®
      • Orion Floes
      • Toolkits and Applications
      • Publications for Bibliographies
        • Orion
        • AFITT and FLYNN Applications
        • OEDocking Application and Toolkit
        • OMEGA Application and Toolkit
        • ROCS Application
      • OpenEye MMDS Web Service
    • Technology Licensing
    • GCC
      • GCC RUNTIME LIBRARY EXCEPTION
      • GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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Orion Platform Introduction

Orion Platform brings together a number of python packages that provide the tools necessary to develop in Orion. The following introduction is aimed at providing examples of putting the pieces together to build and maintain Cubes and Floes.

  • Data handling in Orion
    • Use Cases
    • Records
    • Services
    • Data Organization
    • Tags
  • Record Basics
    • Field Parameters
    • Primary Molecule
  • Shard Collections
    • Example Use Cases
    • Lifecycle
    • Guidelines
    • Batching Work
    • Collections in a Local Workfloe Development
  • Port Basics
    • I/O Ports
    • Initialization Ports
  • Cube Basics
    • Member Functions
    • Ports
    • Parameters
    • Exceptions
  • Common Cube Usage
    • Compute a Property of a Molecule
    • Compute Multiple Properties of a Molecule
    • Modify a Molecule
    • Modify a Molecule and Compute Multiple Properties
    • Modify a Molecule and Compute Conformer Properties
    • Updating Records in Dataset Fields
  • Cube Unit Tests
    • Molecular Weight Cube Test
  • Floe Unit Tests
    • Reader Writer Floe Test
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