Note that an index_template is only applied at the time an index is created.
Take a look at the existing mapping. I think you'll find that you have "store": true on the statDate field, which results in the value for that field being store independent of the document _source.
Over on the upper left, from "New Save Open Share Inspect", select "Inspect".
A panel will slide out from the right. From "Statistics Request Response", you can select "Request" to see what the request looks like that Kibana is sending in Discover. In your case, there is probably a "docvalue_fields" key with
So that means that this extra stuff is a Kibana format thing and there isn't anything extra being put in the index. I don't think that will be a problem.
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