DROP TABLE IF EXISTS table_for_rename_nested; CREATE TABLE table_for_rename_nested ( date Date, key UInt64, n Nested(x UInt32, y String), value1 Array(Array(LowCardinality(String))) -- column with several files ) ENGINE = MergeTree() PARTITION BY date ORDER BY key; INSERT INTO table_for_rename_nested (date, key, n.x, n.y, value1) SELECT toDate('2019-10-01'), number, [number + 1, number + 2, number + 3], ['a', 'b', 'c'], [[toString(number)]] FROM numbers(10); SELECT n.x FROM table_for_rename_nested WHERE key = 7; SELECT n.y FROM table_for_rename_nested WHERE key = 7; SHOW CREATE TABLE table_for_rename_nested; ALTER TABLE table_for_rename_nested RENAME COLUMN n.x TO n.renamed_x; ALTER TABLE table_for_rename_nested RENAME COLUMN n.y TO n.renamed_y; SHOW CREATE TABLE table_for_rename_nested; SELECT key, n.renamed_x FROM table_for_rename_nested WHERE key = 7; SELECT key, n.renamed_y FROM table_for_rename_nested WHERE key = 7; ALTER TABLE table_for_rename_nested RENAME COLUMN n.renamed_x TO not_nested_x; --{serverError BAD_ARGUMENTS} -- Currently not implemented ALTER TABLE table_for_rename_nested RENAME COLUMN n TO renamed_n; --{serverError NOT_IMPLEMENTED} ALTER TABLE table_for_rename_nested RENAME COLUMN value1 TO renamed_value1; SELECT renamed_value1 FROM table_for_rename_nested WHERE key = 7; SHOW CREATE TABLE table_for_rename_nested; SELECT * FROM table_for_rename_nested WHERE key = 7 FORMAT TSVWithNames; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS table_for_rename_nested;