Sellers choose whether the cart sits on the left or the right side of the checkout screen. Each mode keeps its own choice, so Bar and Quick service, for example, can each have the cart on a different side. The setting is available in Quick service, Full service, Bar, and Drive-thru modes. In Square Point of Sale, go to More > Settings > Checkout > Cart.

Item details open next to the check on Square Point of Sale, and the check updates with each choice as staff edit. Edits save automatically. A tap on a check item opens its details, and a long press opens bulk edit mode. Real-Time Check View is on for food and beverage sellers, replaces the previous item details layout, and can't be turned off.

When a customer or cashier picks a modifier, only the choices that go with it come up next. A single catalogue item can support up to three levels of choices. Nested modifier sets work on Point of Sale, Square Kiosk, Kitchen Display System (KDS), Ordering Profiles, DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats. They also work in third-party apps such as Fresh KDS and MarketMan, and through the Catalog API.

The Sales report counts sales on checks that haven't closed yet alongside completed sales. Open checks are included by default, and a banner on the report indicates this. To show only completed sales, sellers can turn off the Open Checks filter.

Team members sign in to Square with the company credentials they already use. The organisation connects its identity provider, Okta or Microsoft Entra ID, to Square through OpenID Connect (OIDC). A Square Premium subscription is required. Sellers set up the connection in the identity provider first. Then, in Dashboard, they go to Settings > Account & Settings > My business > Security.

A full combo is built and reviewed in one place in Real-Time Check View. Staff move directly to a combo member that still needs an option chosen, or back to one that's already set, and each selection lands on the check as it's made. Combo building uses the same navigation and layout as the rest of Real-Time Check View. Real-Time Check View is on by default for sellers who use combos, with no setup required.

The report window starts at the reporting day start set for the location and ends when the close-out begins. Sales and tips taken inside that window appear on the report, whether or not they fall within posted business hours. The report header prints the covered time range, and locations without a reporting day use the business-hours window.

In the Square Dashboard Item Library, shared item details like name, description, and category are read-only for team members assigned to only some of an item's locations. Availability, location price, and sales channel assignment stay editable at the locations a team member is assigned to. Team members see an item's complete location information either way.

Square Multi-Account Suite helps businesses stay in control as they scale. Operator teams manage linked Square accounts from Square Dashboard, including shared catalogues, menus, point-of-sale layouts, organization permissions, and a single gift card program. Organization-level reports cover sales performance, gift card reconciliation, and royalties by member account and location. Setup runs through a Square account manager or sales.

A transaction's tip is divided among the team members who worked that sale. Sellers choose the calculation period in Square Dashboard under **Staff**, then **Tips settings**, alongside the existing workday and workweek options.

Sellers pick the unit a delivery arrives in from the quantity field in the Stock Adjustment window. Square converts that amount into the unit the item is counted in, so a case received still shows the correct number of single units on hand. Available on Square Dashboard for sellers using Square for inventory.

Printer setup offers profiles that already work with a connected printer and creates a new profile only when there's nothing suitable to reuse. You can create a profile, choose job types, and pick which Square Point of Sale devices print to a printer — all from the printer's details screen. Each assigned profile row lists that profile's devices and job types.

The camera reads a barcode and either adds the item to the cart or fills in its details when creating or editing an item. In Square Point of Sale, sellers turn on **Camera Barcode Scanner** in hardware settings, then tap **Tap to Scan** on a supported screen. No separate scanner is required.

Business information including hours, logo, and contact details stays in sync across Apple Maps, Siri, Wallet, and more. Connected sellers manage supported place card features in Square Dashboard under Channels, including action links that send customers to ordering, menu, or booking. Available globally to payments-activated sellers with a fixed, physical location or storefront.

A revenue centre represents one part of a business, such as a bar, patio, or delivery channel. Sellers map devices, floor plan sections, and channels to each one, then group the Sales summary report by revenue centre to see how each performed.

The Square for Retail app follows the device's system appearance setting, so it appears dark whenever the device is set to dark mode. A dark mode override keeps the app in dark or light mode independent of the device setting.

Items appear on a Kitchen Display System ticket as staff ring them into the cart in Point of Sale. The ticket is marked as a draft and updates with each item added. Draft tickets require the setting to be turned on in both Point of Sale and the Kitchen Display System.

Sellers set a reset date and time when marking an item variation as sold out in the Item Library. The variation stays on the menu as available for preorder, so customers can order it for fulfilment windows after the reset time. Available to sellers taking orders through Neighborhoods and Ordering Profiles.

The Sales report uses the same gross sales, product sales, and net sales definitions as Square Dashboard, so figures read from either report agree. The payment methods section breaks out payment types in more detail.

Sellers create a service charge — such as a kitchen appreciation fee or surcharge — and set it to apply automatically. The charge is added to the cart at Square Point of Sale without staff having to add it manually. Available to sellers in Canada and the US.

Sellers arrange tickets across four to ten columns, set per display. The setting notes which counts suit which screen sizes, with four for small devices and ten for large displays. Column counts are set in Layout settings on the Kitchen Display System or in device profile settings in Square Dashboard.

Sellers choose which fields print on a label, including item name, SKU, price, and supplier information, then adjust sizing and rearrange the content. Layouts are set and printed from the barcode printing options in Point of Sale on iOS. Available to sellers on Square Plus and above.

Square Invoices follows the device's system appearance setting, so the app displays in dark mode when the phone is set to dark, with no setup required. Sellers who want the app to differ from the rest of their device can set an override in **Settings > Appearance**, and that choice holds regardless of the system setting.

Kitchen staff set the prep sequence themselves instead of working tickets in the order they were entered. A custom sequence holds until that ticket is completed, and manual ordering applies across main, expo, and station views. On the Kitchen Display System device, go to **Settings** > **Layout**, then set **Ticket sequence** to **Manual**.

Staff can issue refunds from Transactions in Square Point of Sale, even when Square has no record of the original sale. Refunds can be processed by amount or against selected items, and the refunded card can be dipped, tapped, or keyed in manually. Sellers set access through team-member permissions, and refunds are capped at a configurable amount per transaction.