arangosh> db.test.ensureIndex({ type: "hash", fields: [ "a[*]" ] }); { "deduplicate" : true, "fields" : [ "a[*]" ], "id" : "test/111390", "isNewlyCreated" : true, "selectivityEstimate" : 1, "sparse" : false, "type" : "hash", "unique" : false, "code" : 201 } arangosh> db.test.save({ a : [ 1, 2 ] }); { "_id" : "test/111393", "_key" : "111393", "_rev" : "_Y2g68rK--_" } arangosh> db.test.save({ a : [ 1, 3 ] }); { "_id" : "test/111397", "_key" : "111397", "_rev" : "_Y2g68rK--B" } arangosh> db.test.save({ a : null }); { "_id" : "test/111400", "_key" : "111400", "_rev" : "_Y2g68rK--D" }