How do I configure the mixed signal graph property node to set the plot names

I have a mixed signal graph displaying digital and analog data in two groups.
I would like to programmatically set the names of individual plots i.e. rather that the digital graph displaying 'Digital 0->Line 0' I would like to set it to 'Signal 1' in the vi.
How do I do this?
Probably via the property node but I cant get this to work without errors? (i.e. i cant find the right combination of node arguments to set.)
Also, I can set the names of the plots of the component waveforms programmatically, but when I bundle the plots together to form the mixed signal graph, the plot names are reset to the mixed signal graph default values. Can this behaviour be turned off?

What are you doing? You need to select the plot first and then set the name, like this:
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