diff --git a/docs/reference-guide/components/view-jpa.md b/docs/reference-guide/components/view-jpa.md
index 13a8035f3..6c8442081 100644
--- a/docs/reference-guide/components/view-jpa.md
+++ b/docs/reference-guide/components/view-jpa.md
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ configuration of this indexing process by the following configuration options:
 polyflow.view.jpa:
   stored-items: task, data-entry, process-instance, process-definition
   payload-attribute-level-limit: 2
+  payload-attribute-column-length: 255
   include-correlated-data-entries-in-data-entry-queries: false
   process-outdated-events: false
   data-entry-filters:
diff --git a/integration/common/variable-serializer/src/main/kotlin/VariableSerializer.kt b/integration/common/variable-serializer/src/main/kotlin/VariableSerializer.kt
index edbaf5619..a1b4bdc25 100644
--- a/integration/common/variable-serializer/src/main/kotlin/VariableSerializer.kt
+++ b/integration/common/variable-serializer/src/main/kotlin/VariableSerializer.kt
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ internal fun Pair<String, Any?>.toJsonPathWithValue(
 
     // trim strings to the value length limit if provided
     if(valueLengthLimit != null && value is String && value.length > valueLengthLimit) {
-      // TODO: logging
       value = value.substring(0 until valueLengthLimit)
     }
 
diff --git a/view/jpa/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/view/jpa/JpaPolyflowViewDataEntryService.kt b/view/jpa/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/view/jpa/JpaPolyflowViewDataEntryService.kt
index 83b4955e2..2b8db49af 100644
--- a/view/jpa/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/view/jpa/JpaPolyflowViewDataEntryService.kt
+++ b/view/jpa/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/view/jpa/JpaPolyflowViewDataEntryService.kt
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ class JpaPolyflowViewDataEntryService(
           revisionValue = RevisionValue.fromMetaData(metaData),
           oldEntry = savedEntity,
           limit = polyflowJpaViewProperties.payloadAttributeLevelLimit,
-          filters = polyflowJpaViewProperties.dataEntryJsonPathFilters()
+          filters = polyflowJpaViewProperties.dataEntryJsonPathFilters(),
+          payLoadAttributeColumnLength = polyflowJpaViewProperties.payloadAttributeColumnLength
         )
       ).apply {
         logger.debug { "JPA-VIEW-42: Business data entry updated $event" }
diff --git a/view/jpa/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/view/jpa/JpaPolyflowViewTaskService.kt b/view/jpa/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/view/jpa/JpaPolyflowViewTaskService.kt
index 116bd50e1..7a2e61179 100644
--- a/view/jpa/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/view/jpa/JpaPolyflowViewTaskService.kt
+++ b/view/jpa/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/view/jpa/JpaPolyflowViewTaskService.kt
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ class JpaPolyflowViewTaskService(
         logger.warn { "Cannot update task '${event.id}' because it does not exist in the database" }
       }
       .ifPresent { entity ->
-        entity.update(event, objectMapper, polyflowJpaViewProperties.payloadAttributeLevelLimit, polyflowJpaViewProperties.taskJsonPathFilters())
+        entity.update(event, objectMapper, polyflowJpaViewProperties.payloadAttributeLevelLimit, polyflowJpaViewProperties.taskJsonPathFilters(), polyflowJpaViewProperties.payloadAttributeColumnLength)
         val updated = taskRepository.save(entity)
         emitTaskUpdate(updated)
       }
diff --git a/view/jpa/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/view/jpa/data/ConverterExt.kt b/view/jpa/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/view/jpa/data/ConverterExt.kt
index 14c072942..228f6d1a1 100644
--- a/view/jpa/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/view/jpa/data/ConverterExt.kt
+++ b/view/jpa/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/view/jpa/data/ConverterExt.kt
@@ -111,12 +111,13 @@ fun DataEntryUpdatedEvent.toEntity(
   revisionValue: RevisionValue,
   oldEntry: DataEntryEntity?,
   limit: Int,
-  filters: List<Pair<JsonPathFilterFunction, FilterType>>
+  filters: List<Pair<JsonPathFilterFunction, FilterType>>,
+  payLoadAttributeColumnLength: Int? = null
 ) = if (oldEntry == null) {
   DataEntryEntity(
     dataEntryId = DataEntryId(entryType = this.entryType, entryId = this.entryId),
     payload = this.payload.toPayloadJson(objectMapper),
-    payloadAttributes = this.payload.toJsonPathsWithValues(limit, filters).map { attr -> PayloadAttribute(attr) }.toMutableSet(),
+    payloadAttributes = this.payload.toJsonPathsWithValues(limit, filters, payLoadAttributeColumnLength).map { attr -> PayloadAttribute(attr) }.toMutableSet(),
     name = this.name,
     applicationName = this.applicationName,
     type = this.type,
diff --git a/view/jpa/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/view/jpa/task/ConverterExt.kt b/view/jpa/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/view/jpa/task/ConverterExt.kt
index f121fabdd..7d1dce74d 100644
--- a/view/jpa/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/view/jpa/task/ConverterExt.kt
+++ b/view/jpa/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/view/jpa/task/ConverterExt.kt
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ fun TaskCreatedEngineEvent.toEntity(
 fun TaskEntity.update(event: TaskAttributeUpdatedEngineEvent,
                       objectMapper: ObjectMapper,
                       limit: Int,
-                      filters: List<Pair<JsonPathFilterFunction, FilterType>>) {
+                      filters: List<Pair<JsonPathFilterFunction, FilterType>>,
+                      payLoadAttributeColumnLength: Int?) {
   this.taskDefinitionKey = event.taskDefinitionKey
   this.sourceReference = event.sourceReference.toSourceReferenceEmbeddable()
   this.name = event.name ?: this.name
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ fun TaskEntity.update(event: TaskAttributeUpdatedEngineEvent,
   if (event.payload.isNotEmpty()) {
     this.payload = event.payload.toPayloadJson(objectMapper)
     this.payloadAttributes.clear()
-    this.payloadAttributes.addAll(event.payload.toJsonPathsWithValues(limit, filters).map { attr -> PayloadAttribute(attr) }.toMutableSet())
+    this.payloadAttributes.addAll(event.payload.toJsonPathsWithValues(limit, filters, payLoadAttributeColumnLength).map { attr -> PayloadAttribute(attr) }.toMutableSet())
   }
   businessKey = event.businessKey ?: this.businessKey
   description = event.description ?: this.description