Audit Trail & Change Logger
Automatically log all changes to specific cells with timestamp, user, old value, and new value for complete audit trail.
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Perfect For:
- Compliance tracking
- Data integrity verification
- Change history
- Forensic analysis
- Accountability reporting
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' Audit Trail & Change Logger
' Place this code in the Worksheet module of the sheet you want to monitor
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
' Log all changes to monitored range
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
' Define monitored range (adjust as needed)
Dim monitorRange As Range
Set monitorRange = Me.Range("A:E") ' Monitor columns A through E
' Check if changed cell is in monitored range
If Not Intersect(Target, monitorRange) Is Nothing Then
' Disable events to prevent recursive calls
Application.EnableEvents = False
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
' Get the old value (stored in undo stack)
Dim oldValue As Variant
Application.Undo
oldValue = Target.Value
Target.Value = Target.Value ' Redo the change
' Log the change
Call LogChange(Target, oldValue, Target.Value)
Application.EnableEvents = True
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End If
Exit Sub
ErrorHandler:
Application.EnableEvents = True
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
MsgBox "Error logging change: " & Err.Description, vbCritical
End Sub
Sub LogChange(changedCell As Range, oldVal As Variant, newVal As Variant)
' Write change to audit log sheet
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
Dim logSheet As Worksheet
' Create audit log sheet if it doesn't exist
On Error Resume Next
Set logSheet = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("AuditLog")
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
If logSheet Is Nothing Then
Set logSheet = ThisWorkbook.Sheets.Add(After:=ThisWorkbook.Sheets(ThisWorkbook.Sheets.Count))
logSheet.Name = "AuditLog"
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