arangosh> db.ids.ensureIndex({ type: "skiplist", fields: [ "name.first", "name.last" ], unique: true }); { "id" : "ids/15269", "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/15272", "_key" : "15272", "_rev" : "_U-_q21S---" } arangosh> db.ids.save({ "name" : { "first" : "jens", "last": "jensen" }}); { "_id" : "ids/15276", "_key" : "15276", "_rev" : "_U-_q21S--_" } arangosh> db.ids.save({ "name" : { "first" : "hans", "last": "jensen" }}); { "_id" : "ids/15279", "_key" : "15279", "_rev" : "_U-_q21S--A" } arangosh> db.ids.save({ "name" : { "first" : "hans", "last": "hansen" }}); [ArangoError 1210: cannot create document, unique constraint violated]