Pop Up Message Box in Excel Based on Cell Value

For data analysis, calculations, and organising massive volumes of information, Excel is a highly effective tool. The capability to cause pop-up message boxes based on specific circumstances is one of its useful characteristics. You may make your Excel spreadsheets interactive and user-friendly by establishing specified rules.

This tutorial will show you how to make a pop-up message box that appears when a cell value satisfies a predetermined requirement, such as being greater or lower than a particular value. When validating data, advising users of vital information, or issuing alerts based on predetermined thresholds, this functionality can be especially helpful.

Pop Up Message Box if Cell Greater or Less than a Specific Value

Here we will first add the VBA code to the sheet and then enter the values. So let us see a simple process to know how you can pop up a message box if a cell is greater or less than a specific value in Excel.

Step 1

Consider any Excel sheet.

First, right-click on the sheet name and select View Code to open the VBA application.

Right Click > View Code.

Step 2

Then copy the below code into the text box.

Code

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
Dim xC As String
Dim xWSName As String
Dim xA As String
xC = "D:D"
xWSName = "Sheet1"
xA = "A1"
   If Intersect(Target, Range("D:D")) Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
   If IsEmpty(Target) Then Exit Sub
   xNum = (Sheets(xWSName).Range(xA).Value)
   If (Target.Value) > (Sheets(xWSName).Range(xA).Value) Then
      MsgBox Prompt:="The entered number is greater than cell A1, please enter again! ", Title:="Pop Message Greater "
   End If
End Sub

In the code, A1 is the cell, and D:D is the column to enter the values.

Step 3

Then close VBA using Alt + Q. From now on, when the value is greater than A1, then message will pop up.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have used a simple example to demonstrate how you can pop up a message box if a cell is greater or less than a specific value in Excel to highlight a particular set of data.