Overlapping standing notification

[Roughnecks]

I use square for my barbershop and over the years there have been awesome additions such as the waitlist. I’d like to throw another addition into the ring. If there is a way to be notified of a standing appointment overlapping another standing appointment that would save so much time. Let’s say Tom has a 3 week standing appointment at 3:00 on Tuesday and you put Bob on the same time slot, same day a week later without paying attention. It might not happen right away but at some point, those appointments will overlap and unless I spend time searching to make sure, it makes scheduling hard. When I make the appointment, if somehow I could be notified “this repeating appointment will overlap another” prior to saving, would be the addition I’m looking for. 

[rtfulk]

@Roughnecks I don't use Square appointments, but I asked Managerbot and this is 3 workarounds it gave me.

A few partial workarounds while this gap exists:

1. Block time manually — after booking a standing appointment, add a "blocked" time on that slot so the system treats it as unavailable. It's extra steps, but it prevents double-booking at the point of scheduling.
2. Check the calendar view — switching to the weekly view and scrolling forward a few weeks before confirming a new recurring booking is the most reliable way to spot a future conflict right now.
3. Limit booking windows — setting a maximum advance booking window (e.g., 8 weeks out) reduces how far into the future a conflict can silently exist before you catch it.

Also you can submit this to the feature request and maybe it will be added in future updates. Below is the link.

https://squareup.com/feedback