Can manual A4J rules add info to the activity log of an issue?

[Ashley Honeycutt]

I have a project with a manual rule. When triggered, if certain criteria are met, it emails certain data points from the issue to users who need that information.

I would like to be able to log information about the execution history of the rule in a place where non-project admins can view it, preferably without cluttering up the comments on the issue. 

Is there a way to add values to the Activity Log? In this example, it would be great if it could show the following scenarios:

• Rule executed and ran successfully
• Rule triggered and did not meet the criteria so no message was sent

If the activity log can't capture something like this, is there a viable alternative?

Thank you!

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Ashley Honeycutt 

Your rule could make a change to a custom field, such as a text field, noting the most recent execution, and that would appear in the issue's history.

To do both the paths you describe (sent the message or did not send the message), the rule would use an if / else block to handle both.

Kind regards,
Bill