arangosh> var query = "FOR doc IN mycollection FILTER doc.value > 42 RETURN doc"; arangosh> require("org/arangodb/aql/explainer").explain(query, {colors:false}); Query string: FOR doc IN mycollection FILTER doc.value > 42 RETURN doc Execution plan: Id NodeType Est. Comment 1 SingletonNode 1 * ROOT 2 EnumerateCollectionNode 201 - FOR doc IN mycollection /* full collection scan */ 3 CalculationNode 201 - LET #1 = doc.`value` > 42 /* simple expression */ /* collections used: doc : mycollection */ 4 FilterNode 201 - FILTER #1 5 ReturnNode 201 - RETURN doc Indexes used: none Optimization rules applied: none