arangosh> db.test.ensureIndex({ type: "hash", fields: [ "a" ] }); { "deduplicate" : true, "fields" : [ "a" ], "id" : "test/111604", "isNewlyCreated" : true, "selectivityEstimate" : 1, "sparse" : false, "type" : "hash", "unique" : false, "code" : 201 } arangosh> db.test.save({ a : 1 }); { "_id" : "test/111607", "_key" : "111607", "_rev" : "_YYClXRe--_" } arangosh> db.test.save({ a : 1 }); { "_id" : "test/111611", "_key" : "111611", "_rev" : "_YYClXRe--B" } arangosh> db.test.save({ a : null }); { "_id" : "test/111614", "_key" : "111614", "_rev" : "_YYClXRi--_" }