arangosh> db.ids.ensureIndex({ type: "persistent", fields: [ "name.first", "name.last" ], unique: true }); { "id" : "ids/16066", "type" : "persistent", "fields" : [ "name.first", "name.last" ], "unique" : true, "sparse" : false, "isNewlyCreated" : true, "code" : 201 } arangosh> db.ids.save({ "name" : { "first" : "hans", "last": "hansen" }}); { "_id" : "ids/16069", "_key" : "16069", "_rev" : "16069" } arangosh> db.ids.save({ "name" : { "first" : "jens", "last": "jensen" }}); { "_id" : "ids/16073", "_key" : "16073", "_rev" : "16073" } arangosh> db.ids.save({ "name" : { "first" : "hans", "last": "jensen" }}); { "_id" : "ids/16076", "_key" : "16076", "_rev" : "16076" } arangosh> db.ids.save({ "name" : { "first" : "hans", "last": "hansen" }}); [ArangoError 1210: cannot create document, unique constraint violated]