arangosh> db.test.ensureIndex({ type: "hash", fields: [ "a" ] }); { "fields" : [ "a" ], "id" : "test/342511176", "selectivityEstimate" : 1, "sparse" : false, "type" : "hash", "unique" : false, "isNewlyCreated" : true, "code" : 201 } arangosh> db.test.save({ a : 1 }); { "_id" : "test/342773320", "_rev" : "342773320", "_key" : "342773320" } arangosh> db.test.save({ a : 1 }); { "_id" : "test/342969928", "_rev" : "342969928", "_key" : "342969928" } arangosh> db.test.save({ a : null }); { "_id" : "test/343232072", "_rev" : "343232072", "_key" : "343232072" }