diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/docIds/params.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/docIds/params.ts
index 36fd75622b..d9baee3dc6 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/docIds/params.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/docIds/params.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   ViewName,
 } from "../constants"
 import { getProdAppID } from "./conversions"
+import { DatabaseQueryOpts } from "@budibase/types"
 
 /**
  * If creating DB allDocs/query params with only a single top level ID this can be used, this
@@ -22,8 +23,8 @@ import { getProdAppID } from "./conversions"
 export function getDocParams(
   docType: string,
   docId?: string | null,
-  otherProps: any = {}
-) {
+  otherProps: Partial<DatabaseQueryOpts> = {}
+): DatabaseQueryOpts {
   if (docId == null) {
     docId = ""
   }
@@ -45,8 +46,8 @@ export function getDocParams(
 export function getRowParams(
   tableId?: string | null,
   rowId?: string | null,
-  otherProps = {}
-) {
+  otherProps: Partial<DatabaseQueryOpts> = {}
+): DatabaseQueryOpts {
   if (tableId == null) {
     return getDocParams(DocumentType.ROW, null, otherProps)
   }
@@ -88,7 +89,10 @@ export const isDatasourceId = (id: string) => {
 /**
  * Gets parameters for retrieving workspaces.
  */
-export function getWorkspaceParams(id = "", otherProps = {}) {
+export function getWorkspaceParams(
+  id = "",
+  otherProps: Partial<DatabaseQueryOpts> = {}
+): DatabaseQueryOpts {
   return {
     ...otherProps,
     startkey: `${DocumentType.WORKSPACE}${SEPARATOR}${id}`,
@@ -99,7 +103,10 @@ export function getWorkspaceParams(id = "", otherProps = {}) {
 /**
  * Gets parameters for retrieving users.
  */
-export function getGlobalUserParams(globalId: any, otherProps: any = {}) {
+export function getGlobalUserParams(
+  globalId: any,
+  otherProps: Partial<DatabaseQueryOpts> = {}
+): DatabaseQueryOpts {
   if (!globalId) {
     globalId = ""
   }
@@ -117,11 +124,17 @@ export function getGlobalUserParams(globalId: any, otherProps: any = {}) {
 /**
  * Gets parameters for retrieving users, this is a utility function for the getDocParams function.
  */
-export function getUserMetadataParams(userId?: string | null, otherProps = {}) {
+export function getUserMetadataParams(
+  userId?: string | null,
+  otherProps: Partial<DatabaseQueryOpts> = {}
+): DatabaseQueryOpts {
   return getRowParams(InternalTable.USER_METADATA, userId, otherProps)
 }
 
-export function getUsersByAppParams(appId: any, otherProps: any = {}) {
+export function getUsersByAppParams(
+  appId: any,
+  otherProps: Partial<DatabaseQueryOpts> = {}
+): DatabaseQueryOpts {
   const prodAppId = getProdAppID(appId)
   return {
     ...otherProps,
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/users/db.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/users/db.ts
index a2539e836e..78df262a4e 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/users/db.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/users/db.ts
@@ -160,13 +160,9 @@ export class UserDB {
   }
 
   static async getUsersByAppAccess(opts: { appId?: string; limit?: number }) {
-    const params: any = {
-      include_docs: true,
-      limit: opts.limit || 50,
-    }
     let response: User[] = await usersCore.searchGlobalUsersByAppAccess(
       opts.appId,
-      params
+      { limit: opts.limit || 50 }
     )
     return response
   }
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/users/users.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/users/users.ts
index 6237c23972..adf134f04a 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/users/users.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/users/users.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   SearchUsersRequest,
   User,
   DatabaseQueryOpts,
+  CouchFindOptions,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import { getGlobalDB } from "../context"
 import * as context from "../context"
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ export const getGlobalUserByEmail = async (
 
 export const searchGlobalUsersByApp = async (
   appId: any,
-  opts: any,
+  opts: DatabaseQueryOpts,
   getOpts?: GetOpts
 ) => {
   if (typeof appId !== "string") {
@@ -166,7 +167,10 @@ export const searchGlobalUsersByApp = async (
   Return any user who potentially has access to the application
   Admins, developers and app users with the explicitly role.
 */
-export const searchGlobalUsersByAppAccess = async (appId: any, opts: any) => {
+export const searchGlobalUsersByAppAccess = async (
+  appId: any,
+  opts?: { limit?: number }
+) => {
   const roleSelector = `roles.${appId}`
 
   let orQuery: any[] = [
@@ -187,7 +191,7 @@ export const searchGlobalUsersByAppAccess = async (appId: any, opts: any) => {
     orQuery.push(roleCheck)
   }
 
-  let searchOptions = {
+  let searchOptions: CouchFindOptions = {
     selector: {
       $or: orQuery,
       _id: {
@@ -198,7 +202,7 @@ export const searchGlobalUsersByAppAccess = async (appId: any, opts: any) => {
   }
 
   const resp = await directCouchFind(context.getGlobalDBName(), searchOptions)
-  return resp?.rows
+  return resp.rows
 }
 
 export const getGlobalUserByAppPage = (appId: string, user: User) => {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/db/linkedRows/linkUtils.ts b/packages/server/src/db/linkedRows/linkUtils.ts
index c74674a865..db9a0dc7d5 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/db/linkedRows/linkUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/db/linkedRows/linkUtils.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@ import { ViewName, getQueryIndex, isRelationshipColumn } from "../utils"
 import { FieldTypes } from "../../constants"
 import { createLinkView } from "../views/staticViews"
 import { context, logging } from "@budibase/backend-core"
-import { LinkDocument, LinkDocumentValue, Table } from "@budibase/types"
+import {
+  DatabaseQueryOpts,
+  LinkDocument,
+  LinkDocumentValue,
+  Table,
+} from "@budibase/types"
 
 export { createLinkView } from "../views/staticViews"
 
@@ -36,13 +41,13 @@ export async function getLinkDocuments(args: {
 }): Promise<LinkDocumentValue[] | LinkDocument[]> {
   const { tableId, rowId, fieldName, includeDocs } = args
   const db = context.getAppDB()
-  let params: any
+  let params: DatabaseQueryOpts
   if (rowId) {
     params = { key: [tableId, rowId] }
   }
   // only table is known
   else {
-    params = { startKey: [tableId], endKey: [tableId, {}] }
+    params = { startkey: [tableId], endkey: [tableId, {}] }
   }
   if (includeDocs) {
     params.include_docs = true
diff --git a/packages/server/src/migrations/functions/backfill/global/configs.ts b/packages/server/src/migrations/functions/backfill/global/configs.ts
index 1b76727bbe..04eb9caff2 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/migrations/functions/backfill/global/configs.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/migrations/functions/backfill/global/configs.ts
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ import {
   isOIDCConfig,
   isSettingsConfig,
   ConfigType,
+  DatabaseQueryOpts,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import env from "./../../../../environment"
 
-export const getConfigParams = () => {
+export function getConfigParams(): DatabaseQueryOpts {
   return {
     include_docs: true,
     startkey: `${DocumentType.CONFIG}${SEPARATOR}`,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/links/links.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/links/links.ts
index 7f3dcbd4ac..fda07568f9 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/links/links.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/links/links.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { context } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { isTableId } from "@budibase/backend-core/src/docIds"
-import { LinkDocument, LinkDocumentValue } from "@budibase/types"
+import {
+  DatabaseQueryOpts,
+  LinkDocument,
+  LinkDocumentValue,
+} from "@budibase/types"
 import { ViewName, getQueryIndex } from "../../../../src/db/utils"
 
 export async function fetch(tableId: string): Promise<LinkDocumentValue[]> {
@@ -9,7 +13,10 @@ export async function fetch(tableId: string): Promise<LinkDocumentValue[]> {
   }
 
   const db = context.getAppDB()
-  const params: any = { startkey: [tableId], endkey: [tableId, {}] }
+  const params: DatabaseQueryOpts = {
+    startkey: [tableId],
+    endkey: [tableId, {}],
+  }
   const linkRows = (await db.query(getQueryIndex(ViewName.LINK), params)).rows
   return linkRows.map(row => row.value as LinkDocumentValue)
 }
@@ -22,7 +29,7 @@ export async function fetchWithDocument(
   }
 
   const db = context.getAppDB()
-  const params: any = {
+  const params: DatabaseQueryOpts = {
     startkey: [tableId],
     endkey: [tableId, {}],
     include_docs: true,
diff --git a/packages/types/src/sdk/db.ts b/packages/types/src/sdk/db.ts
index 36141cc15b..d3a6396128 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/sdk/db.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/sdk/db.ts
@@ -54,15 +54,17 @@ export type DatabaseDeleteIndexOpts = {
   type?: string | undefined
 }
 
+export type DatabaseKey = string | number | {} | DatabaseKey[]
+
 export type DatabaseQueryOpts = {
   include_docs?: boolean
-  startkey?: string
-  endkey?: string
+  startkey?: DatabaseKey
+  endkey?: DatabaseKey
   limit?: number
   skip?: number
   descending?: boolean
-  key?: string
-  keys?: string[]
+  key?: DatabaseKey
+  keys?: DatabaseKey[]
   group?: boolean
   startkey_docid?: string
 }