arangosh> var formatPlan = function (plan) { ........> return { estimatedCost: plan.estimatedCost, ........> nodes: plan.nodes.map(function(node) { ........> return node.type; }) }; }; arangosh> formatPlan(stmt.explain().plan); { "estimatedCost" : 4, "nodes" : [ "SingletonNode", "EnumerateCollectionNode", "ReturnNode" ] }