John, sorry about the delay in replying. I didn't see that there were new posts until just today.

To answer your question, the approval levels are not stored in an ini file. They are actually stored in the `evaluations` table inside the database schema. This schema is a little bit complicated, and its something that we plan to grow in the future and make it a bit more user-friendly (such as adding a GUI to modify the approval levels).

For now, you just need to know that each evaluation needs to correspond to a row in the notifications table a role in the functions table. The notification specifies which notification is sent when that approval level is completed, and the function specifies what privilege is required to have approve/deny access for that evaluation.

Please let me know if you have any other questions about it. The schema documentation is very limited ATM.