VMS Sync Rule Example: Inverse Regex Test Set Ignore

VMS Sync's Rules engine allows administrators to apply client-specific business logic to positions during the sync process. Rules are structured as If/Then statements and run after company, skill, and flex mappings have been applied. Rules can be assigned either account wide or at the credential level, and each rule is assigned a priority number that determines the order in which rules are applied.

Administrators with elevated permissions can create, edit, and delete rules directly in VMS Sync Admin Tools without contacting VMS Sync Support.

This article outlines how to use inverseRegexTest to create a rule that looks for a list of keywords and, if found, sets ignore for all other values in VMS Sync.

Use Case

Inverse regex tests allow you to set rules for everything that isn't the terms you specify. This is useful for making sweeping changes, potentially for testing purposes.

For example, you may want to inverse regex test a job title and set all other job titles to be ignored. This quickly ensures you only process jobs from the ATS with a specific job title without the need to specify every other job title one by one with their own rules.

Rule Creation Steps

Do the following to create a rule that looks for a list of keywords and, if found, sets ignore for all other values in VMS Sync:

1. Open the Rules Dashboard.

2. Click Create +.
   

3. From the top navigation bar, if appropriate:

   1. Select the Credential (Optional) dropdown, and choose a Credential.

   2. Select the Priority dropdown, and increase or decrease the Priority.

      • See Rules Best Practices for more information on Priority.
        

4. In the IF section, select inverseRegexTest from the Type dropdown.

5. Select a parent field and a child field, if necessary, from the Field dropdowns.

6. Enter the values you're searching against in the Pattern field.

   Separate the values you're searching against with vertical line operators (|).

7. In the THEN section, select setIgnore from the Type dropdown.

8. Click Test Rule.

   • The preview will show the recent positions the rule was applied to.

   • Click a result to view the JSON with highlighted values (IF = Blue, THEN = yellow).

   • You can use the Specific Position field to test a specific req ID.

     The rule would look like this if you want to search for records that aren't "Engineer" and ignore them in VMS Sync.
     
     

9. Click Create Rule.

10. In the Purpose section of the pop-up, enter text to describe the rule and click Add Purpose.

    • Example: Priority = High
      

When a value from your list of keywords is found, all other values will be ignored when populated into ATS.