Approver Level in Workflow?

Hi all,
I have a z table and it has fields like PERNR APPROVER_LEVEL and APPROVER_ROLE.
and whevever workflow is trigger it will first go to approver level 1 then if it is approved by approver level 2 then it will go to second level....and if not approved within 1 week then it will go to secone approver level.
can anyone help me?do i need to create ZMETHOD for that?
Thanks and Regards,
Arpita

I think your issue might be how to go direectly to the second level when the first approver has not acted on the workitem for 1 week right?
If this is your concern then what you can do is you have to make use of Latest ENd tab of the workitem, make sure you use expression in the Date field and populate the date into this expression by adding 7 to sydatum .
And selct the deadline type as MOdelled, now once you selct the deadline as modelled and new branch will be created and in this new branch you have to copy paste the decision workitem but this time the agent should be second level approver, once he acts on it in any of teh cases either approved or rejected , include the process control step and choose the options Complete workflow...

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