How to record changing values in a cell in Excel?

How to record every changing value for a frequently changing cell in Excel? For example, the original value in cell C2 is 100, when changing number 100 to 200, the original value 100 will be displayed in cell D2 automatically for recording. Go ahead to change 200 to 300, number 200 will be inserted into cell D3, change 300 to 400 will display 300 to D4 and so on. The method in this article can help you to achieve it.

Record changing values in a cell with VBA code

Record changing values in a cell with VBA code

The below VBA code can help you record every changing value in a cell in Excel. Please do as follows.

1. In the worksheet contains the cell you want to record changing values, right click the sheet tab and then click View Code from the context menu. See screenshot:

2. Then the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window is opening, please copy below VBA code into the Code window.

VBA code: record changing values in a cell

Dim xVal As String
'Update by Extendoffice 2018/8/22
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
    Static xCount As Integer
    Application.EnableEvents = False
    If Target.Address = Range("C2").Address Then
        Range("D2").Offset(xCount, 0).Value = xVal
        xCount = xCount + 1
    Else
        If xVal <> Range("C2").Value Then
         Range("D2").Offset(xCount, 0).Value = xVal
        xCount = xCount + 1
        End If
    End If
    Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub
Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
    xVal = Range("C2").Value
End Sub

Notes: In the code, C2 is the cell you want to record all its changing values. D2 is the cell you will populate the first changing value of C2.

3. Press the Alt + Q keys to close the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

From now on, every time when you change values in cell C2, the previous changing values will be recorded in D2 and the cells below D2.