arangosh> db.ids.ensureIndex({ type: "skiplist", fields: [ "name.first", "name.last" ], unique: true }); { "id" : "ids/16120", "type" : "skiplist", "fields" : [ "name.first", "name.last" ], "unique" : true, "sparse" : false, "isNewlyCreated" : true, "code" : 201 } arangosh> db.ids.save({ "name" : { "first" : "hans", "last": "hansen" }}); { "_id" : "ids/16123", "_key" : "16123", "_rev" : "16123" } arangosh> db.ids.save({ "name" : { "first" : "jens", "last": "jensen" }}); { "_id" : "ids/16127", "_key" : "16127", "_rev" : "16127" } arangosh> db.ids.save({ "name" : { "first" : "hans", "last": "jensen" }}); { "_id" : "ids/16130", "_key" : "16130", "_rev" : "16130" } [ArangoError 1210: cannot create document, unique constraint violated]