arangosh> db.test.ensureIndex({ type: "hash", fields: [ "a" ] }); { "deduplicate" : true, "fields" : [ "a" ], "id" : "test/18078", "isNewlyCreated" : true, "selectivityEstimate" : 1, "sparse" : false, "type" : "hash", "unique" : false, "code" : 201 } arangosh> db.test.save({ a : 1 }); { "_id" : "test/18081", "_key" : "18081", "_rev" : "_WgE9QCC--_" } arangosh> db.test.save({ a : 1 }); { "_id" : "test/18085", "_key" : "18085", "_rev" : "_WgE9QCG--_" } arangosh> db.test.save({ a : null }); { "_id" : "test/18088", "_key" : "18088", "_rev" : "_WgE9QCK--_" }