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Get live sales data for your restaurant

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Who is this article for?
  • Sellers with reporting permission to view limited sales data. Set permissions in Square Dashboard
  • Square for Restaurants Plus or Premium subscribers

    • About live sales data 

    Square for Restaurants allows you to see real-time data for your sales during service with the live sales report.

    Live sales provides  details about open checks, as well as total sales that includes an overview of closed checks. You can use this data to analyze daily sales performance and inform staffing decisions during service.

    Before you begin

    • The Live Sales report considers open and closed checks for sales made during your  business hours. You can adjust your business hours from Account & Settings > Business information > Locations in Square Dashboard.

    • The live sales report shows the performance of a shift in real time.

    Open live sales report

    On an iPad

    1. Open your Restaurants POS app and tap Account > View Live Sales.
    2. Tap Refresh to ensure data includes any recent checks.
    3. Scroll to view all data.

    On Square Register

    1. Open the Restaurants POS app, then tap More > View Live Sales.
    2. Tap Refresh to ensure data includes any recent checks.
    3. Scroll to view all data.

    On the Square Dashboard app

    1. Open the Square Dashboard app and tap the person icon.
    2. Tap Check reporting.
    3. Select All checks.

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