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description: Your mobile workforce can access information seamlessly while they’re offline. You can use Briefcase Builder to create a briefcase, a set of rules and filters that select records to prime for offline use. Design a mobile app that connects with a briefcase to give your users access to the most relevant records, even when there’s a network outage, spotty internet coverage, or an area without Wi-Fi.
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# Briefcase Builder

Your mobile workforce can access information seamlessly while they’re offline. You can use Briefcase Builder to create a _briefcase,_ a set of rules and filters that select records to prime for offline use. Design a mobile app that connects with a briefcase to give your users access to the most relevant records, even when there’s a network outage, spotty internet coverage, or an area without Wi-Fi.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

- **[When to Use Briefcase Builder](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.briefcase_builder_availability.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Learn the ways that Briefcase Builder can complement your Salesforce-connected mobile app.
- **[Mobile Apps Compatible with Briefcases](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.briefcase_builder_compatible_apps.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Learn the prerequisites for mobile apps that you can connect with a briefcase.
- **[Briefcase Planning](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.briefcase_builder_planning.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Before you create briefcases, keep in mind a few considerations to plan which records go into each briefcase.
- **[Briefcase Creation](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.briefcase_builder_create.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Learn how to create and customize a briefcase for your mobile workforce.
- **[Advanced Ways to Select Records for a Briefcase](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.briefcase_builder_select_records_advanced.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Learn advanced ways to create a briefcase that contains the most relevant records for your mobile workers.
- **[Edit, Activate, Deactivate, Delete, or Clone a Briefcase](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.briefcase_builder_actions.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Find briefcases that you already registered. View the actions for a previously defined briefcase. And edit, activate, deactivate, delete, or clone a briefcase.
- **[Validate Briefcase Settings](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.briefcase_builder_monitor.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Check the Run As User option on a briefcase to review how many records it generates so you can validate filtering criteria and briefcase assignments.
- **[Briefcase Builder and Packaging](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.briefcase_builder_packages.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Install and manage packages containing briefcases.
- **[Limits and Considerations](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.briefcase_builder_limits_considerations.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    As you create and work with offline briefcases, note these considerations and limits.