# Inquiry Regarding Adding Unpaid Order to Table & Getting Floor/Section/Tables Information

**URL:** <https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/inquiry-regarding-adding-unpaid-order-to-table-getting-floor-section-tables-information/21815>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** orders-api\
**Created:** [April 7, 2025, 8:05am UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/inquiry-regarding-adding-unpaid-order-to-table-getting-floor-section-tables-information/21815 "2025-04-07T08:05:14Z")\
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Hi, Square,

We are working on integrating our tablet ordering application with Square Restaurant POS.

Currently, we’ve noticed that the created order does not appear on the “Orders” screen of Square Restaurant POS, and we cannot add the created order to the Seat or Table.

Following are the features we are going to implement:

1. Install one tablet on each table in the restaurant, and assign one tablet app to each Table.

2. Create an unpaid order and add it to a Table or Seat.

3. Show the created order on the “Floor plan”, “Menu”, and “Orders” screens of Square Restaurant POS.

Could you please help us to find the appropriate API to implement these features above?

In case there is no APIs I can use, if we create a paid order using Square Card Reader and send it to Square POS, does Square POS show it on the screen?

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👋 I’m Square Dev AI, here to help answer your question!  
Based on the information you’ve provided, the following documentation will help answer your question:

> **[Point of Sale API and POS Integration Tools](https://developer.squareup.com/docs/pos-api/what-it-does)**
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> The Point of Sale API lets mobile applications open the Square Point of Sale application to process in-person payments using Square hardware.

> **[Square Developer Documentation](https://developer.squareup.com/docs/pos-api/how-it-works)**
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> You can use the Point of Sale API to build custom POS solutions that requires payments, without worrying about hardware integrations or PCI compliance.

> **Additional Documentation**
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> [Payment API: Process Online and In-Person Payments](https://developer.squareup.com/docs/payments)  
> [Build on iOS: Point of Sale API](https://developer.squareup.com/docs/pos-api/build-on-ios)  
> [Build on Android: Point of Sale API](https://developer.squareup.com/docs/pos-api/build-on-android)

If this documentation helped you find a solution, please check the box indicating that this reply solves the problem.  
Otherwise one of our Developer Advocates will provide additional assistance shortly.

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**Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/inquiry-regarding-adding-unpaid-order-to-table-getting-floor-section-tables-information/21815/3 "2025-04-07T16:04:45Z")

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The Square API currently does not support direct interaction with the floor plan, sections, tables, and seats of the Square Restaurant POS. This means that you cannot retrieve this information or assign orders to specific tables or seats via the API.

Additionally, unpaid orders created via the API will not appear in the Square Restaurant POS interface. The POS system is designed to display orders that have been paid or have had a payment initiated.

If you create a paid order using the Square Card Reader, the order should appear in the Square POS system as it is considered a completed transaction. However, it will not be associated with a specific table or seat as this functionality is not currently supported by the API.

_This answer was reviewed by @Bryan-Square._