Add advanced capabilities
About advanced capabilities
Advanced capabilities are optional feature bundles that allow you to customize Square for your unique business needs.
Inventory: inventory and catalog management and inventory history
Bookings: appointment scheduling, online booking calendar, no-show protection
Restaurants: menu management, 3rd party order integrations, advanced reporting and live sales
Based on your business type, you might have advanced capabilities activated after you create your Square account. You can activate additional advanced capabilities to gain access to the specific features of each.
Before you begin
You have two options for activating advanced capabilities:
Create a new mode in the Square Point of Sale app. Not all modes activate advanced capabilities. Learn how to create and assign modes and use modes with Square Point of Sale.
Add advanced capabilities from your Square Dashboard
Advanced capabilities features are not visible in your Square Dashboard until activated. Once activated, you and your team members can access the advanced capabilities through new pages and tabs in Square Dashboard.
Some features within advanced capabilities require a subscription to Square Plus or Premium. If you are not subscribed to Square Free, Plus, or Premium, you can add features by subscribing to:
Add advanced capabilities
Sign in to Square Dashboard and go to Add more.
Select the set of advanced capabilities you want to activate ― Inventory, Bookings, or Restaurants.
Click Add.
If applicable, click Start setup to add tasks to your setup guide.
You’ll see Added next to the advanced capabilities that have already been added when you created your account or if you created a related mode in your Square POS app.
