Renaming characteristics

[[Mi...]]

I renamed my characteristics to add an index number in front of them.  Ex. changing "Pin CL to G1"  to "#119 Pin CL to G1".  I added the #xxx to all the characteristics but when I run the trend or table protocol reports the old name still shows up with the original data, with the renamed one as a new row.  Many have worked like the 619 but is there a way to merge the data in the ones that separated? 

Thanks.

[[Ka...]]

Hi Mike,

As far as i know this is not possible without to alter the SQL table(s). Every characteristic is stored with an uniqe item. 
Contact your local ZEISS support and ask them what to do. I am sure that Zeiss has a non-public tool for this.
We run in the same issue sometimes after it was necessary to change the characteristic name...