Configuration name when using Serial Numbers

So in EPDM when you set up the template to name a part via a serial number it works pretty good.  But if you add a configuration and check it in, EPDM will give the "Part Number" variable a new serial number but the actual configuration name remains the same.  Is there a good way to get the actual configuration name to update as well?  Or is this best done by Hand?  Or via the API?

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