I am currently doing support on a SharePoint 2010 intranet.
A functionality has been implemented in a site allowing users to make holiday requests.
A user must fill in an InfoPath form to make an holiday request.
A record is added to a library when an holiday request is made.
And then a workflow is started.
One of the first action in the workflow is sending a mail to the requester's manager for validation.
Then the workflow waits until the manager's validation.
The client would like an alert mail to be sent automatically to the manager when he has not validated/refused a request after a certain number of days.
My first idea was to implement a program using the SharePoint object model and to execute the program as a Windows scheduled task.
But I am a workflow beginner and I am wondering whether it is possible to satisfy my client's need with worflow features.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.