Dear
                                                          Emilio, 
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          Thank
                                                          you for your
                                                          response and
                                                          for your
                                                          time. 
                                                          Yes,
                                                          I have other
                                                          attributes
                                                          that I would
                                                          like to
                                                          index. 
                                                          However, I think
                                                          that I am
                                                          doing
                                                          something
                                                          totally wrong
                                                          as I cannot
                                                          make the
                                                          command work. 
                                                          If I add 
                                                          sft.getUserData().put("geomesa.indices.enabled
                                                          ","id"); //or
                                                          id,attr
                                                          
                                                          I get
                                                          as an error
                                                          that
                                                          configured
                                                          index id does
                                                          not exist, I
                                                          assume because
                                                          I have a user
                                                          defined
                                                          feature id.
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          If I
                                                          do 
                                                          sft.getUserData().put("geomesa.indices.enabled
                                                          ","attr");
                                                          
                                                          I get
                                                          as an error
                                                          that
                                                          configured
                                                          index attr
                                                          does not
                                                          support the
                                                          schema
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          Then
                                                          I tried to do 
                                                          sft.getDescriptor("never_null_attribute").getUserData().put("index",
                                                          "true");
                                                          
                                                          sft.getUserData().put("geomesa.indices.enabled
                                                          ","attr");
                                                          
                                                          Which
                                                          worked, in the
                                                          sense that the
                                                          schema was
                                                          initialized
                                                          and that
                                                          accumulo did
                                                          not have any
                                                          z3 tables.
                                                          When
                                                          I try to store
                                                          a null polygon
                                                          though, I get
                                                          the same
                                                          exception.
                                                          (Illegal
                                                          argument error
                                                          indexing
                                                          feature with
                                                          null geometry,
                                                          index xz3)
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          Any
                                                          ideas/suggestions
                                                          would be more
                                                          than welcomed.
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          Best
                                                          regards, 
                                                          Maria.