change mapping of message field to ensure better searchability

changelog.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## Changed
 * Additional mapping enhancments for searchability
 * Set default document bulk create to refresh only when requested
+* Change explicit mapping of root message field to `text` to ensure search scoring ability
 
 ## Added
 * Added `async` property to LogstashAppender

models/logging/LogstashAppender.cfc

@@ -641,17 +641,6 @@ component
 			},
 			"mappings" : {
 				"dynamic_templates" : [
-					{
-						"message_field" : {
-							"path_match"         : "message",
-							"match_mapping_type" : "string",
-							"mapping"            : {
-								"type"   : "text",
-								"norms"  : false,
-								"fields" : { "keyword" : { "type" : "keyword", "ignore_above" : 1024 } }
-							}
-						}
-					},
 					{
 						"user_info_fields" : {
 							"path_match"              : "user.info.*",
@@ -695,6 +684,14 @@ component
 							"extrainfo" : { "type" : "text" }
 						}
 					},
+					"message" : {
+						"type"   : "text",
+						"fields" : {
+							"keyword" : {
+								"type" : "keyword", "ignore_above" : 512
+							}
+						}
+					},
 					"event" : {
 						"type"       : "object",
 						"properties" : {