arangosh> db.test.ensureIndex({ type: "hash", fields: [ "a" ] }); { "deduplicate" : true, "fields" : [ "a" ], "id" : "test/17903", "isNewlyCreated" : true, "selectivityEstimate" : 1, "sparse" : false, "type" : "hash", "unique" : false, "code" : 201 } arangosh> db.test.save({ a : 1 }); { "_id" : "test/17906", "_key" : "17906", "_rev" : "_WnWX-Dq--_" } arangosh> db.test.save({ a : 1 }); { "_id" : "test/17910", "_key" : "17910", "_rev" : "_WnWX-Dq--B" } arangosh> db.test.save({ a : null }); { "_id" : "test/17913", "_key" : "17913", "_rev" : "_WnWX-Dq--D" }