arangosh> db._explain("FOR v,e,p IN 1..3 OUTBOUND 'circles/A' GRAPH 'traversalGraph' LET localScopeVar = RAND() > 0.5 FILTER p.edges[0].theTruth != localScopeVar RETURN v._key", {}, {colors: false}); Query string: FOR v,e,p IN 1..3 OUTBOUND 'circles/A' GRAPH 'traversalGraph' LET localScopeVar = RAND() > 0.5 FILTER p.edges[0].theTruth != localScopeVar RETURN v._key Execution plan: Id NodeType Est. Comment 1 SingletonNode 1 * ROOT 2 TraversalNode 1 - FOR v /* vertex */ , e /* edge */ , p /* paths */ IN 1..3 /* min..maxPathDepth */ OUTBOUND 'circles/A' /* startnode */ GRAPH 'traversalGraph' 3 CalculationNode 1 - LET localScopeVar = RAND() > 0.5 /* simple expression */ 4 CalculationNode 1 - LET #4 = p.`edges`[0].`theTruth` != localScopeVar /* simple expression */ 5 FilterNode 1 - FILTER #4 6 CalculationNode 1 - LET #6 = v.`_key` /* attribute expression */ 7 ReturnNode 1 - RETURN #6 Indexes used: none Traversals on graphs: Id Depth Vertex collections Edge collections Filter conditions 2 1..3 circles edges Optimization rules applied: Id RuleName 1 move-calculations-up 2 move-calculations-down arangosh> db._explain("FOR v,e,p IN 1..3 OUTBOUND 'circles/A' GRAPH 'traversalGraph' FILTER p.edges[0].label == 'right_foo' RETURN v._key", {}, {colors: false}); Query string: FOR v,e,p IN 1..3 OUTBOUND 'circles/A' GRAPH 'traversalGraph' FILTER p.edges[0].label == 'right_foo' RETURN v._key Execution plan: Id NodeType Est. Comment 1 SingletonNode 1 * ROOT 2 TraversalNode 1 - FOR v /* vertex */ , e /* edge */ , p /* paths */ IN 1..3 /* min..maxPathDepth */ OUTBOUND 'circles/A' /* startnode */ GRAPH 'traversalGraph' 3 CalculationNode 1 - LET #3 = p.`edges`[0].`label` == "right_foo" /* simple expression */ 4 FilterNode 1 - FILTER #3 5 CalculationNode 1 - LET #5 = v.`_key` /* attribute expression */ 6 ReturnNode 1 - RETURN #5 Indexes used: none Traversals on graphs: Id Depth Vertex collections Edge collections Filter conditions 2 1..3 circles edges `Path`.`edges`[0] -> e.`label` == "right_foo" Optimization rules applied: Id RuleName 1 move-calculations-up 2 move-filters-up 3 move-calculations-up-2 4 move-filters-up-2 5 merge-traversal-filter