How to write to an event log from inside of a transaction

 

// to write your log from inside of another transaction
	static public void insertExtEventLogInSeparateConnection(RefRecId _lineRecId, str _guid, str _logSource, str _logStr)
    {
        ExtEventLog         log;
        UserConnection      connection;
        int                 ttsLevel    = appl.ttsLevel(); //here you can check if you are inside of a transaction
        str                 errMsg      = strFmt("Cannot add event log '%1:%2:%3'", _guid, _logSource, _logStr);
		// let's create a separate connection
        try
        {
            connection = new UserConnection();
            connection.ttsbegin();
            log.setConnection(connection);
            log.InstructionDocLineRecId = _lineRecId;
            log.TaskGUID                = _guid;
            log.LogStr                  = _logStr;
            log.LogSource               = _logSource;

            log.doInsert();
            connection.ttscommit();
        }
        catch
        {
            throw error(errMsg);
        }
        finally
        {
            if(connection)
            {
                connection.finalize();
            }
        }
    }

Why your method is still not running in CIL

Please do not forget about the third parameter when you call your CIL wrapper.

It won't run in CIL if the current transaction level is not equal to zero, like in the following example with the standard import of Zip codes.

However, you can try to force ignoring TTS level at your own risk.

It works perfectly for my scenario.

This is how to check if your code is running in CIL.