Custom Activity not logging in Kentico 10

Based on the limited code, I'd say your activityInitializer object is null. Have you tried debugging it or placing an else to write an event log with maybe the video name and the contact info?

The activity is not null, and the input (videoName) is correct. The logging just seems to go into a black hole.

FWIW, I did double-check that Activity logging was enabled.

.Log(activityInitializer, CMSHttpContext.Current.Request);

Is this a custom method? I don't believe the default .log() for activity accepts any parameters. If it is, I would look into that method and see what it is doing.

This is Kentico 10, and they have updated the API. My code is basically a lift of the example: https://docs.kentico.com/api10/on-line-marketing/activities, with a custom activity.

Update:

If I create an Activity manually and don't use the Logger, it seems to work. Can anyone validate that this won't create other issues down the road? FYI, the activity is the correct one and is associated with the correct contact.

var activity = new ActivityInfo();
activity.ActivitySiteID = currentSite.SiteID;
activity.ActivityContactID = contact.ContactID;
activity.ActivityType = activityInitializer.ActivityType;

ActivityInfoProvider.SetActivityInfo(activity);

Hi Matt - I too am having these issues. Did you ever get to the bottom of it? Just not seeing the Custom Activity being logged through the service logger.

I'm not sure if this is a bug (try getting in touch with support@kentico.com) but this workaround works:

protected void Custom_Code_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    // Logs activity for current contact
    if (ContactManagementContext.GetCurrentContact() != null)
    {
        // Obtains the activity logging service
        var service = Service.Entry<IActivityLogService>();

        // Prepares an initializer for logging the activity
        var activityInitializer = new MyActivityInitializer("current contact");

        // Logs the activity
        service.Log(activityInitializer, CMSHttpContext.Current.Request);
    }



    // Logging the activity for a different contact

    ContactInfo contact = ContactInfoProvider.GetContacts().Where("ContactEmail = 'bp@example.com'").TopN(1);

    if (contact != null)
    {
        // set contact cookie to the logged contact
        HttpCookie currentContactCookie = CookieHelper.GetExistingCookie("CurrentContact");

        string tempCurrentContactCookieValue = currentContactCookie.Value;

        CookieHelper.SetValue(currentContactCookie.Name, contact.ContactGUID.ToString(), currentContactCookie.Expires);

        // Obtains the activity logging service
        var service = Service.Entry<IActivityLogService>();

        // Prepares an initializer for logging the activity
        var activityInitializer = new MyActivityInitializer("different conntact");

        // Logs the activity
        service.Log(activityInitializer, CMSHttpContext.Current.Request);

        // restore cookie value
        CookieHelper.SetValue(currentContactCookie.Name, tempCurrentContactCookieValue, currentContactCookie.Expires);
    }
}