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Automatically sign out

FreshConer — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 11:04:24 GMT

Is there any way to have Square automatically sign out at a certain time on a certain day every week? For example, Every Monday at 2pm, every Tuesday at 1pm and 6pm, every Wednesday at 1pm, etc.

Re: Automatically sign out

EJ_ — Wed, 03 May 2017 14:42:56 GMT

Hello,

The Square Point of Sale app will stay signed into your Square account unless you manually sign out.

What would be the need for this? Our Product Team would be interested in hearing what your specific use case would be.

Re: Automatically sign out

FreshConer — Tue, 09 May 2017 15:26:15 GMT

Hi EJ,

Thanks for getting back to me. The way I use the software is a little unique, but it may have broader implications for the way people manage their employees, so here goes:

I operate a mobile market with 20 weekly stops. We use 3 square stands because we operate up to 3 stands at a time. I'm hoping to make each stop a separate location, so I can track sales by location, but that would require staff to remember to sign out at the end of their shift. Our staff our specific to location and only work 2 hours a week, and it's hard to get them to remember extra steps, especially as they relate to technology (staff tend to be older and retired). Anyway, if I could program that one stop is Mondays 11am - 1pm, another stop is Mondays 3pm-5pm, and another stop is Tuesdays 11am - 1pm, and Square would automatically sign out at the end of each stop, then I can be assured that when people sign back in, they will choose the correct location, which would allow me to track sales faithfully by location.

There are more manual ways to do it, I was just wondering if Square had any functionality that would allow me to automate and rely on faithfully.

I understand this might be a low priority, however, again, it may have implications to the way people manage their employees, and track employee sales. Account in question is [PERSONAL INFORMATION REDACTED]

Happy to talk more by phone if helpful.

Re: Automatically sign out

EJ_ — Tue, 09 May 2017 15:36:13 GMT

@FreshConer Thanks for clarifying, and I can see how that feature would help out your business.

I'll definitely pass this over to our Product Team. Hopefully this feature request picks up momentum and we can get something in the roadmap that might help.

Keep an eye out for updates, as we'll be sure to announce any changes in the future.