Live Sales Reporting with Square for Restaurants FAQ
Managers of full-service restaurants can view how their business is performing in real-time through their online Square Dashboard or their point of sale.
A Live Sales report shows the overall performance of a shift, in real time. Live Sales include closed checks (with and without a finalized tip amount), as well as open checks.
This feature is available to all restaurant sellers using Square for Restaurants Free and Square for Restaurants Plus.
From your online Square Dashboard, click Reports > Checks. Filter by Open Checks, Closed Checks, or All Checks for the specified period of time.
From the Square for Restaurants app, tap on Account. From the list of reports, select View Live Sales.
Note: This filter applies to all relevant data (tables, sales, number of transactions, etc.) and can be seen in the following reports: Sales Summary, Sales Trends, Item Sales, Category Sales, Section Sales, Team Sales, Labor vs. Sales, Discounts, Modifier Sales, Taxes, and Service Charges.
No, Dashboard reports will only consider open check information from transactions on a POS using Square for Restaurants.
When you go to Sales Summary, Sales Trends, Item Sales, Category Sales, Section Sales, Team Sales, Labor vs Sales, Discounts, Modifier Sales, Taxes, or Service Charges reports, you will see Closed Checks by default. If you’d like to view the report for all checks or open checks, you can adjust the filter on the report.
Read more about how to use reporting with Square for Restaurants .