Renaming variables and managing the consequences

Using EPDM 2014 SP2:  renaming a variable in the variable dialog box pushed & the updated to affected cards (including template cards), but not to templates.  It actually breaks links in templates which causes a lot of remapping & rework.  Would be nice if you could update the variable name in one place & that change would map to all affected uses. Is there a better way to do this?

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