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Overview

Brobench is a powerful productivity toolkit for Salesforce professionals, available as a Chrome or Edge extension.

It’s secure, high-performing, beautifully designed, and works out of the box without complex setup required.

While Brobench is useful for a wide range of Salesforce users, the following roles will gain the maximum productivity:

  • Admins
  • Developers
  • Data Analysts
  • Business Analysts
  • Power Users

Behind the Name​

Brobench is a portmanteau of Browser and Workbench, a nod to the classic Salesforce Developer Workbench that helped many of us get started and stay productive over the years.

Why should I use Brobench?​

Here's why we think you'll love using Brobench:

  • All-in-One Powerhouse
    Brobench can replace 5–10 other extensions, consolidating your workflow into a single, efficient tool.

  • Time-Saving Features
    Packed with productivity boosters that can save you at least 30 minutes every day.

  • Thoughtful Design Enjoy a clean, intuitive UI built with a smart, user-first information architecture.

  • Privacy-First Security Brobench is secure by design. Your data stays local—no third-party cloud services are involved. The app only connects to Datasert’s license servers, never transmitting your personal or project data.

  • Built by Experts
    We have over a decade of experience building high-quality tools for the Salesforce ecosystem, including products like Realfire.

  • Here for the Long Haul
    We're committed to supporting you, rolling out enhancements, and continuously evolving Brobench to meet your needs.

Install/Setup​

This page walks you through how to install the extension and initial usage. You can also go through this short video guide.

Supported Browsers​

Brobench is a browser extension that adheres to Chrome Extension Manifest v3, and it is supported in the following browsers.

  • Chrome Latest
  • Edge Latest

If you use Firefox or Safari, we may extend the support later depending on the adoption of the extension.

Launch App​

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Except Logins, most of the other Brobench features needs API access to connect to Salesforce. If you don’t have API access, discuss with your Admin team and see if you can get access to it.

Launch the app by clicking on Brobench Logo on the right edge of your Salesforce UI. It should open the App Popup. You can also Cmd+Click or Ctrl+Click to open the app directly in full page mode.

If you are not in Salesforce Pages, for ex., to log in to Salesforce, then you need to launch it from the browser toolbar (Pin Extension for easy access).

UI Overview​

Here is what the app UI layout looks like.

View Full Page​

Brobench by default is shown as a popup with in the page, which is great for quick peek into Record data, or quickly edit the records. However, if you’re using Brobench to query and other things, opening the app in full page view gives you the complete screen real estate and view more data without scrolling.

There are two ways to open the app in full page view.

  • Ctrl+Click or Cmd+Click the Brobench Icon in Salesforce Page

  • Click on the Full Page icon within the Brobench Popup

View Help​

We understand that it is hard to get to know new application/tool. We’re here to help and provide you with details necessary to get familiar and get on your with day.

Click on the Help Icon in the Global Actions to open Help dialog.

It should below dialog with appropriate help. If related help is not shown, search for the topic name which should bring related help articles.

Activation​

Make sure you have installed Brobench from Chrome Web Store.

By default, free features are enabled when you install the extension from Web store. If you would like to give full features a try, please email us at support@datasert.com and will send an activation code free of charge, which would be valid for 6 months. After that, we can extend again as appropriate.

To Activate goto App Menu -> Support -> Activation, enter the Email and Activation Code. It should show the dialog below once it is activated. If you want to remove activation, click on Remove Activation

Next Steps​

You have installed Brobench, activated, and have a brief idea how to launch the app. Next, go through the Modules related help to understand