arangosh> db.test.ensureIndex({ type: "hash", fields: [ "a" ] }); { "deduplicate" : true, "fields" : [ "a" ], "id" : "test/18442", "isNewlyCreated" : true, "selectivityEstimate" : 1, "sparse" : false, "type" : "hash", "unique" : false, "code" : 201 } arangosh> db.test.save({ a : 1 }); { "_id" : "test/18445", "_key" : "18445", "_rev" : "_XGh_YAO--_" } arangosh> db.test.save({ a : 1 }); { "_id" : "test/18449", "_key" : "18449", "_rev" : "_XGh_YAS--_" } arangosh> db.test.save({ a : null }); { "_id" : "test/18452", "_key" : "18452", "_rev" : "_XGh_YAa--_" }