Salesforce Extensions: #1 Salesforce Inspector

Salesforce has some amazing features but sometimes it's missing a little functionality that would really make your life easier.

Chrome Extensions can do that. Let's see the ones I like the most!

Salesforce Inspector

This small extension is probably the most useful out there. It's a really powerful tool for admins and developers.

Once you install the plugin (available in the chrome store) you will notice a really small arrow on the right side of your screen. Don't be mistaken, that small button hides some really powerful features.

1. See All Data

As an admin, you often need to see fields not available on the user page layout. As a developer, you need to see field API names so you can use them in Apex.

Salesforce Inspector answers both uses cases with the "See All Data" feature.

From any object in your org, simply click on the Salesforce Inspector arrow and select "See All Data". From there, you have access to the field API Name, the label, the type and the value. You can even navigate to any related object by clicking on the link. You can edit, delete, clone and export the results.

2. Export Data

When you need to export the result of an SOQL query to use it outside of Salesforce, you probably use Workbench. While Workbench is useful, with Salesforce Navigator you can export the result of your queries. Simply use the "Export Data" from the menu. In the top, you can write any SOQL query you want. While you won't have any auto-completion, the tool provides you with a list of the available fields so you can click on them and insert them in the query. You also have a query history and you can even save queries you use frequently.

Once you are happy with the results, you can copy them in an Excel format (you still need to copy-paste them in Excel ) or in CSV or even JSON.

3. Import Data

Once again, you probably use Workbench or another external tool to import data into your org. Salesforce Inspector got you covered !

What do you think !

With all the features inside Salesforce Inspector it is one of my must-have extension.

Let me know what you guys think !