Read-only Connections

Read-only connection is a connection whose Read-only flag is checked in Connection dialog. Once you check that checkbox, the App will not allow you to make any modifications to the Org through the App. You can enable this option for Orgs of your choice (like production or uat) to safeguard against unintended changes.

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Keep in mind that when you enable Read-only, it doesn't prevent you from making changes via other apps or Salesforce UI as the Read-only flag does not change the User access in Salesforce. It just prevents you from making changes from Brobench.

Here is the short video guide about how to use this feature.

When you enable Read-only for an Org, the Connection menu of that Org shows a Lock icon as shown below.

While you are in Read-only mode, any time you make changes and try to save, App will show a message similar to this.

To temporarily disable the Read-only flag, Click on the Connection Menu -> Disable Read-only -> Disable Option or Edit the connection to turn off the Read-only flag entirely. If you disable temporarily, Read-only check will be enabled after the said time.