Understand the Square Dashboard app
About the Dashboard app
With the Square Dashboard app, get a unified look at your business and manage essential tasks from anywhere in real time. You can track your business performance, monitor finances, manage your team and connect with your customers, all while you’re on the go.
Before you begin
The Dashboard app is compatible with iOS and Android devices.
Navigation menu overview
By default, the Home tab will show you an overview of your Gross sales, key Metrics and sales Breakdowns reports.
- Tap the Gross sales report to get a more in-depth view of your gross sales or to filter the report.
- The Metrics section shows you an overall view of your Net Sales, Gross Sales, Transactions and Average sale amount. Tap vs to compare your data against prior dates.
- The Breakdowns report shows an overview of your highest and lowest sales, broken down by items, categories and employees. Tap Data to filter by net or gross sales.
Learn more about how to View sales summary, sales trends and payment methods reports.
By default, the Reports tab will show you an overview of your net sales by item, category and by employee. Tap on any of the reports to see more information or to filter the report.
Learn more about how to View item, category and modifiers sales report.
From the Balances tab, you can view your Square Balance with a breakdown by each of your locations, and initiate or manage your transfers and recent activity.
Tap the gear icon to update your banking settings, such as your payment methods, vendors or transfer settings.
From the Staff tab, you can view and manage the following settings and features:
Tap the + icon to put a shift on the rota, add a file or add a team member.
From the Messages tab, you can send and receive messages from your customers. You can send Square Messages from any of the other Square POS apps or use the Square Assistant to reply to your customers on your behalf.
Learn more about how to Get Started with Square Messages.
Dashboard app widget
You can easily access statistics and data about your business with the Dashboard app widget. You can view your gross sales, net sales, transactions and average sale from your home screen. You can also customise the data timeframe.
- from your iOS device, tap and hold the home screen.
- Tap the + sign in the top left corner to open the widget menu.
- In the Widget search bar, type ‘Dashboard app’.
- Tap the Dashboard app widget icon then swipe left or right to select the widget style. You have the option to show Single data point or Key info with multiple data points displayed.
- Tap Add Widget.
- Drag and drop the widget to the desired location on your screen.
- Tap Done.
- tap and hold the widget.
- Tap Edit Widget.
You can adjust the following settings:
- to adjust the time period, tap Time Period and select your preferred time range.
- To adjust which metrics you see, tap Metrics. If you have the larger version of the widget that shows multiple metric options, select the name of each metric to adjust the view.
- To rearrange the order of the metrics in the list, tap and drag the three horizontal lines next to each metric to the desired location.