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title: Cascade rules for cleaning data
description: Cascade rules determine a thorough cleanup of the outdated data and its related counterparts at source from the system.
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# Cascade rules for cleaning data

Cascade rules determine a thorough cleanup of the outdated data and its related counterparts at source from the system.

|Scenario|Outcome|
|--------|-------|
|A job requisition is deleted.|All the job applications for that job requisition are deleted.|
|A job requisition is deleted.|All the job postings for that job requisition are deleted.|
|A job requisition is deleted.|All the associated records within the hiring team for that job requisition are deleted.|
|A job application is deleted.|All extracted skills associated with the job application are deleted.|
|A job application is deleted.|All the details from the applicant profile are deleted.|

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