Cascade rules for cleaning data

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Cascade rules determine a thorough cleanup of the outdated data and its related counterparts at source from the system.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

Parent Topic:Modify purge policies to clean up data

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Cascade rules determine a thorough cleanup of the outdated data and its related counterparts at source from the system.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

**Parent Topic:**[Modify purge policies to clean up data](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/employee-service-management/hr-service-delivery/set-up-purge-pollicies-ta.md)