Approval issue in WorkFlow

Hi experts,
My workflow senario is
Author -> Approver1 -> Approver2
When author submit the form it should go to approver1 , when the approver1 submits the form it should go to approver2.
In this i am getting a issue, when Approver1 submits the form it is not going to Approval2,but when the Author submits it is reaching Approver1.
Can any one tell me what may be the reason for this..
Thanks & regards,
karthik.
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Karthi,
The 1st thing that u need to do is check the workflow template of that workflow in SWDD. Go to the task, and see if any object and its method is defined inside the particular task.
In t-code SWI1 u cam also see the log which gives the return values from this task. This will show what exactly this task is returning.
First see what kind of task is it and what business object is defined in this task.
Thanks,
Kajal

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