diff --git a/graph-db/serverless/src/indexCmrCollection/__test__/handler.test.js b/graph-db/serverless/src/indexCmrCollection/__test__/handler.test.js
index 5300a549e5..5a77206d7c 100644
--- a/graph-db/serverless/src/indexCmrCollection/__test__/handler.test.js
+++ b/graph-db/serverless/src/indexCmrCollection/__test__/handler.test.js
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ describe('indexCmrCollection handler', () => {
     const platform1 = 'Platform One'
     const instrument1 = 'Instrument One'
     const platform2 = 'Platform Two'
-    const docName = 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/latent_nfi'
+    const relatedUrl = 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/latent_nfi'
+    const doi = 'doi:10.16904/envidat.166'
 
     await updateCollection(
       conceptId,
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@ describe('indexCmrCollection handler', () => {
       {
         campaigns: [campaign1],
         platforms: [{ platform: platform1, instruments: [instrument1] }, { platform: platform2 }],
-        docNames: [docName]
+        relatedUrls: [relatedUrl],
+        doi
       }
     )
 
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ describe('indexCmrCollection handler', () => {
       {
         datasetTitle,
         conceptId,
-        doi: 'doi:10.16904/envidat.166'
+        doi
       }
     )
 
@@ -59,7 +61,30 @@ describe('indexCmrCollection handler', () => {
     await verifyPlatformInstrumentsExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle,
       { platform: platform1, instruments: [instrument1] })
     await verifyPlatformInstrumentsExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle, { platform: platform2 })
-    await verifyDocumentationExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle, docName)
+    await verifyDocumentationExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle, relatedUrl)
+  })
+
+  test('test indexing of a collection with no DOI value', async () => {
+    const datasetTitle = 'Latent reserves within the Swiss NFI'
+    const conceptId = 'C1237293909-TESTPROV'
+    const platform1 = 'Platform One'
+
+    await updateCollection(
+      conceptId,
+      datasetTitle,
+      {
+        platforms: [{ platform: platform1 }]
+      }
+    )
+
+    await verifyCollectionPropertiesInGraphDb(
+      {
+        datasetTitle,
+        conceptId
+      }
+    )
+
+    await verifyPlatformInstrumentsExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle, { platform: platform1 })
   })
 
   test('test index of not found collection', async () => {
@@ -125,7 +150,7 @@ describe('indexCmrCollection handler', () => {
     const instrument1 = 'Instrument One'
     const instrument2 = 'Instrument Two'
     const platform2 = 'Platform Two'
-    const docName = 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/latent_nfi'
+    const relatedUrl = 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/latent_nfi'
 
     // first index the collection and verify dataset and documentation vertices are created
     await updateCollection(
@@ -136,7 +161,7 @@ describe('indexCmrCollection handler', () => {
         platforms: [
           { platform: platform1, instruments: [instrument1, instrument2] },
           { platform: platform2 }],
-        docNames: [docName]
+        relatedUrls: [relatedUrl]
       }
     )
 
@@ -144,7 +169,7 @@ describe('indexCmrCollection handler', () => {
     await verifyPlatformInstrumentsExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle,
       { platform: platform1, instruments: [instrument1, instrument2] })
     await verifyPlatformInstrumentsExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle, { platform: platform2 })
-    await verifyDocumentationExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle, docName)
+    await verifyDocumentationExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle, relatedUrl)
 
     // delete the collection and verify dataset and campaign/documentation vertices are deleted
     await deleteCollection('C1237293909-TESTPROV')
@@ -152,7 +177,7 @@ describe('indexCmrCollection handler', () => {
     await verifyPlatformInstrumentsNotExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle,
       { platform: platform1, instruments: [instrument1, instrument2] })
     await verifyPlatformInstrumentsNotExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle, { platform: platform2 })
-    await verifyDocumentationNotExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle, docName)
+    await verifyDocumentationNotExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle, relatedUrl)
   })
 
   test('test deletion collection not delete linked documentation vertex if it is also linked to another collection', async () => {
@@ -172,9 +197,9 @@ describe('indexCmrCollection handler', () => {
     const ownInstrument = 'OwnInstrument'
 
     // this documentation url is referenced by two collections
-    const sharedDocName = 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/latent_nfi'
+    const sharedDocUrl = 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/latent_nfi'
     // this documentation url is referenced only by one collection
-    const ownDocName = 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/latent_nfi2'
+    const ownDocUrl = 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/latent_nfi2'
 
     // first index the collection and verify dataset and campaign/documentation vertices are created
     await updateCollection(
@@ -185,7 +210,7 @@ describe('indexCmrCollection handler', () => {
         platforms: [
           { platform: sharedPlatform, instruments: [sharedInstrument, ownInstrument] },
           { platform: ownPlatform }],
-        docNames: [sharedDocName, ownDocName]
+        relatedUrls: [sharedDocUrl, ownDocUrl]
       }
     )
 
@@ -194,8 +219,8 @@ describe('indexCmrCollection handler', () => {
     await verifyPlatformInstrumentsExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle,
       { platform: sharedPlatform, instruments: [sharedInstrument, ownInstrument] })
     await verifyPlatformInstrumentsExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle, { platform: ownPlatform })
-    await verifyDocumentationExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle, sharedDocName)
-    await verifyDocumentationExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle, ownDocName)
+    await verifyDocumentationExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle, sharedDocUrl)
+    await verifyDocumentationExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle, ownDocUrl)
 
     // index a second collection that reference the same campaign/documentation vertex
     // and verify dataset and campaign/documentation vertices are created
@@ -206,14 +231,14 @@ describe('indexCmrCollection handler', () => {
         campaigns: [sharedCampaign],
         platforms: [
           { platform: sharedPlatform, instruments: [sharedInstrument] }],
-        docNames: [sharedDocName]
+        relatedUrls: [sharedDocUrl]
       }
     )
 
     await verifyCampaignExistInGraphDb(anotherDatasetTitle, sharedCampaign)
     await verifyPlatformInstrumentsExistInGraphDb(anotherDatasetTitle,
       { platform: sharedPlatform, instruments: [sharedInstrument] })
-    await verifyDocumentationExistInGraphDb(anotherDatasetTitle, sharedDocName)
+    await verifyDocumentationExistInGraphDb(anotherDatasetTitle, sharedDocUrl)
 
     // delete the collection and verify dataset vertex is deleted
     // the campaign/documentation/platformInstrument vertex that is not referenced by another collection is deleted
@@ -228,8 +253,8 @@ describe('indexCmrCollection handler', () => {
     await verifyPlatformInstrumentsExistInGraphDb(anotherDatasetTitle,
       { platform: sharedPlatform, instruments: [sharedInstrument] })
 
-    await verifyDocumentationNotExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle, ownDocName)
-    await verifyDocumentationExistInGraphDb(anotherDatasetTitle, sharedDocName)
+    await verifyDocumentationNotExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle, ownDocUrl)
+    await verifyDocumentationExistInGraphDb(anotherDatasetTitle, sharedDocUrl)
   })
 
   test('test update collection', async () => {
@@ -258,11 +283,11 @@ describe('indexCmrCollection handler', () => {
     const newInstrument = 'NewInstrument'
 
     // this documentation url is referenced by both the old and new version of the collection
-    const keptDocName = 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/latent_nfi'
+    const keptDocUrl = 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/latent_nfi'
     // this documentation url is referenced only by the old version of collection
-    const removedDocName = 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/latent_nfi_old'
+    const removedDocUrl = 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/latent_nfi_old'
     // this documentation url is referenced only by the new version of collection
-    const newDocName = 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/latent_nfi_new'
+    const newDocUrl = 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/latent_nfi_new'
 
     // first index the collection and verify dataset and documentation vertices are created
     await updateCollection(
@@ -273,7 +298,7 @@ describe('indexCmrCollection handler', () => {
         platforms: [
           { platform: keptPlatform, instruments: [keptInstrument, removedInstrument] },
           { platform: removedPlatform }],
-        docNames: [keptDocName, removedDocName]
+        relatedUrls: [keptDocUrl, removedDocUrl]
       }
     )
 
@@ -284,8 +309,8 @@ describe('indexCmrCollection handler', () => {
       { platform: keptPlatform, instruments: [keptInstrument, removedInstrument] })
     await verifyPlatformInstrumentsExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle, { platform: removedPlatform })
 
-    await verifyDocumentationExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle, keptDocName)
-    await verifyDocumentationExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle, removedDocName)
+    await verifyDocumentationExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle, keptDocUrl)
+    await verifyDocumentationExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle, removedDocUrl)
 
     // update the collection
     await updateCollection(
@@ -296,7 +321,7 @@ describe('indexCmrCollection handler', () => {
         platforms: [
           { platform: keptPlatform, instruments: [keptInstrument, newInstrument] },
           { platform: newPlatform, instruments: [newInstrument] }],
-        docNames: [keptDocName, newDocName]
+        relatedUrls: [keptDocUrl, newDocUrl]
       }
     )
 
@@ -305,7 +330,7 @@ describe('indexCmrCollection handler', () => {
     await verifyPlatformInstrumentsNotExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle,
       { platform: keptPlatform, instruments: [removedInstrument] })
     await verifyPlatformInstrumentsNotExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle, { platform: removedPlatform })
-    await verifyDocumentationNotExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle, removedDocName)
+    await verifyDocumentationNotExistInGraphDb(datasetTitle, removedDocUrl)
 
     // verify the dataset vertext with the new title exist,
     // verify the campaign/documentation vertices referenced by another collection exist,
@@ -316,7 +341,7 @@ describe('indexCmrCollection handler', () => {
       { platform: keptPlatform, instruments: [keptInstrument, newInstrument] })
     await verifyPlatformInstrumentsExistInGraphDb(anotherDatasetTitle,
       { platform: newPlatform, instruments: [newInstrument] })
-    await verifyDocumentationExistInGraphDb(anotherDatasetTitle, keptDocName)
-    await verifyDocumentationExistInGraphDb(anotherDatasetTitle, newDocName)
+    await verifyDocumentationExistInGraphDb(anotherDatasetTitle, keptDocUrl)
+    await verifyDocumentationExistInGraphDb(anotherDatasetTitle, newDocUrl)
   })
 })
diff --git a/graph-db/serverless/src/testUtil/indexCollection.js b/graph-db/serverless/src/testUtil/indexCollection.js
index cbf4711277..15c1a36ccd 100644
--- a/graph-db/serverless/src/testUtil/indexCollection.js
+++ b/graph-db/serverless/src/testUtil/indexCollection.js
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ const platformInstruments = (attributes) => {
   }
 }
 
-const relatedUrl = (docName) => ({
+const relatedUrlObj = (relatedUrl) => ({
   URLContentType: 'PublicationURL',
   Type: 'VIEW RELATED INFORMATION',
   Subtype: 'GENERAL DOCUMENTATION',
-  URL: docName
+  URL: relatedUrl
 })
 
 /**
@@ -42,10 +42,14 @@ const relatedUrl = (docName) => ({
  * @returns null
  */
 export const updateCollection = async (conceptId, datasetTitle, attributes) => {
-  const { docNames, campaigns, platforms } = attributes
+  const {
+    relatedUrls, campaigns, platforms, doi
+  } = attributes
+
   let projects
   let platformInstrumentObjs
-  let relatedUrls
+  let relatedUrlObjs
+  let doiValue = { MissingReason: 'Not Applicable' }
 
   if (campaigns) {
     projects = campaigns.map(campaign)
@@ -55,8 +59,12 @@ export const updateCollection = async (conceptId, datasetTitle, attributes) => {
     platformInstrumentObjs = platforms.map(platformInstruments)
   }
 
-  if (docNames) {
-    relatedUrls = docNames.map(relatedUrl)
+  if (relatedUrls) {
+    relatedUrlObjs = relatedUrls.map(relatedUrlObj)
+  }
+
+  if (doi) {
+    doiValue = { DOI: doi }
   }
 
   nock(/local-cmr/)
@@ -73,10 +81,8 @@ export const updateCollection = async (conceptId, datasetTitle, attributes) => {
           umm: {
             Projects: projects,
             Platforms: platformInstrumentObjs,
-            RelatedUrls: relatedUrls,
-            DOI: {
-              DOI: 'doi:10.16904/envidat.166'
-            },
+            RelatedUrls: relatedUrlObjs,
+            DOI: doiValue,
             ShortName: 'latent-reserves-in-the-swiss-nfi',
             EntryTitle: datasetTitle
           }
diff --git a/graph-db/serverless/src/testUtil/verifyCollection.js b/graph-db/serverless/src/testUtil/verifyCollection.js
index 650e3d1484..5c12424e1b 100644
--- a/graph-db/serverless/src/testUtil/verifyCollection.js
+++ b/graph-db/serverless/src/testUtil/verifyCollection.js
@@ -3,13 +3,19 @@ export const verifyCollectionPropertiesInGraphDb = async (attrs) => {
     conceptId, datasetTitle, doi
   } = attrs
 
-  // verify the collection vertex with the given properties exists
-  const collection = await global.testGremlinConnection
+  const verifyCommand = global.testGremlinConnection
     .V()
     .has('collection', 'title', datasetTitle)
     .has('id', conceptId)
-    .has('doi', doi)
-    .next()
+
+  if (doi) {
+    verifyCommand.has('doi', doi)
+  } else {
+    verifyCommand.hasNot('doi')
+  }
+
+  // verify the collection vertex with the given properties exists
+  const collection = await verifyCommand.next()
 
   const { value: { id: collectionId } } = collection
   expect(collectionId).not.toBe(null)
diff --git a/graph-db/serverless/src/utils/cmr/indexCmrCollection.js b/graph-db/serverless/src/utils/cmr/indexCmrCollection.js
index 804ea29c8d..ea1153840a 100644
--- a/graph-db/serverless/src/utils/cmr/indexCmrCollection.js
+++ b/graph-db/serverless/src/utils/cmr/indexCmrCollection.js
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ export const indexCmrCollection = async (collectionObj, gremlinConnection) => {
   await deleteCmrCollection(conceptId, gremlinConnection)
 
   let collection = null
+  const addVCommand = gremlinConnection.addV('collection')
+    .property('title', entryTitle)
+    .property('id', conceptId)
+
+  if (doiDescription) {
+    addVCommand.property('doi', doiDescription)
+  }
+
   try {
     // Use `fold` and `coalesce` to check existance of vertex, and create one if none exists.
     collection = await gremlinConnection
@@ -43,10 +51,7 @@ export const indexCmrCollection = async (collectionObj, gremlinConnection) => {
       .fold()
       .coalesce(
         gremlinStatistics.unfold(),
-        gremlinConnection.addV('collection')
-          .property('title', entryTitle)
-          .property('id', conceptId)
-          .property('doi', doiDescription || 'Not provided')
+        addVCommand
       )
       .next()
   } catch (error) {