diff --git a/app/resources.cue b/app/resources.cue
index 62a270221..3b17643d7 100644
--- a/app/resources.cue
+++ b/app/resources.cue
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ resources: { [key=_]: {"handle": key, "component": "system", "platform": "cortez
 
 		model: {
 			attributes: {
-				kind:        {
-					dal: {}
+				kind: {
+					dal: { length: 64 }
 				}
 				resource_id: {
 					goType: "uint64",
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ resources: { [key=_]: {"handle": key, "component": "system", "platform": "cortez
 				owned_by:   schema.AttributeUserRef
 		  	name:        {
 		  		ignoreCase: true
-					dal: {}
+					dal: { length: 512 }
 				}
 				active: {
 					goType: "bool"
diff --git a/automation/session.cue b/automation/session.cue
index 00da88f31..04958cc4f 100644
--- a/automation/session.cue
+++ b/automation/session.cue
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ session: {
 	}
 
 	model: {
+		// length for the lang is now a bit shorter
+		// Reason for that is supported index length in MySQL
 		ident: "automation_sessions"
  		attributes: {
 			id: schema.IdField
@@ -28,12 +30,12 @@ session: {
 			event_type: {
 				sortable: true,
 				goType: "string"
-				dal: {}
+				dal: { length: 32 }
 			}
 			resource_type: {
 				sortable: true,
 				goType: "string"
-				dal: {}
+				dal: { length: 64 }
 			}
 			input: {
 				goType: "*expr.Vars"
diff --git a/automation/trigger.cue b/automation/trigger.cue
index fcc8397cd..b5de75f68 100644
--- a/automation/trigger.cue
+++ b/automation/trigger.cue
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ trigger: {
 			resource_type: {
 				sortable: true,
 				goType: "string"
-				dal: {}
+				dal: { length: 64 }
 			}
 			event_type: {
 				sortable: true,
diff --git a/system/resource_translation.cue b/system/resource_translation.cue
index 0c158f77f..70a070a98 100644
--- a/system/resource_translation.cue
+++ b/system/resource_translation.cue
@@ -11,14 +11,16 @@ resource_translation: {
 	}
 
 	model: {
+		// lengths for the lang, resource fields are now a bit shorter
+		// Reason for that is supported index length in MySQL
 		attributes: {
 			id: schema.IdField
 			lang: {
 		 		goType: "types.Lang"
-				dal: { type: "Text", length: 128 }
+				dal: { type: "Text", length: 32 }
 		 	}
 			resource: {
-				dal: { type: "Text", length: 512 }
+				dal: { type: "Text", length: 256 }
 			}
 			k: {
 				dal: { type: "Text", length: 256 }
diff --git a/system/template.cue b/system/template.cue
index 440d40f81..9cb45d759 100644
--- a/system/template.cue
+++ b/system/template.cue
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 
 template: {
 	model: {
+		// length for the lang is now a bit shorter
+		// Reason for that is supported index length in MySQL
 		attributes: {
 			id:     schema.IdField
 			owner_id:   {
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ template: {
 			language: {
 				sortable: true,
 				goType: "string"
-				dal: {}
+				dal: { length: 32 }
 			}
 			type: {
 				sortable: true,