Preparing New York for Metrc: How Canix Is Helping Customers Get Fast, Accurate, and Audit-Ready

New York’s move to Metrc is more than a systems change — it’s a state-wide operational shift that touches inventory, compliance, point-of-sale, and daily workflows. Operators who treat this transition as a project — not just a one-time upload — will avoid costly mistakes, reduce downtime, and emerge better organized for audits.

Canix is standing shoulder-to-shoulder with customers through that process. We’ve successfully migrated hundreds of Oklahoma customers during their Metrc transition, and just as many Illinois customers through the switch from BioTrack to Metrc. We’re bringing everything we learned from those programs to New York operators — and we’ve built a purpose-built tool to make this migration fast, accurate, and repeatable.

Why migrations to Metrc are hard (and what usually goes wrong)

State migrations often fail or cost more than expected because of a few predictable problems:

• Dirty or inconsistent data in legacy systems and spreadsheets (mismatched unit measures, inconsistent SKUs, missing package IDs).
• Complex product flows (plants → lots → packages → finished goods) that aren’t modeled consistently.
• Manual uploads and copy/paste steps that create typos and orphan records.
• Insufficient testing and reconciliation before go-live, which leaves gaps the first time regulators look.
• A lack of operator training and state-specific nuance baked into workflows.

Those are the same issues Canix solved for Oklahoma and Illinois customers — and they’re the exact problems our New York migration tool is designed to prevent.

Introducing the Canix New York migration tool — built, tested, and ready

Canix has completed a New York-specific Metrc migration tool that combines automation, confirmatory checks, and state-specific rules into a single migration experience. Key benefits customers can expect:

• Hundreds of hours saved. By automating bulk data imports, reconciliation routines, and template mappings, the tool is expected to save hundreds of hours of manual work compared with traditional migration approaches.
• Fewer mistakes through confirmatory steps. The tool performs automated validation and presents confirmatory checks (human-in-the-loop) for ambiguous records so operators don’t accidentally import bad data.
• Prebuilt New York templates & rules. The tool includes state-specific field mappings, required attributes, and labeling conventions so New York operator imports are Metrc-compliant from the start.
• Preserves full traceability. Plant → lot → package → finished good genealogy is preserved so audits reconcile and product genealogy is intact.
• Sandbox & staged cutovers. Dry runs and parallel reconciliation reduce risk at go-live — you’ll see the results before the final import.
• Complete & production ready. The migration tool is already finished and has been validated in Canix’s migration workflow.

Because the tool is complete and tested, Canix expects to migrate all New York customers to Metrc well in advance of the state deadline, minimizing disruption and giving operators time to settle into new workflows.

Proven track record: Oklahoma and Illinois

Canix isn’t new to state migrations. Our real-world experience includes:

• Oklahoma: Canix has successfully migrated hundreds of Oklahoma customers during that state’s Metrc transition, tackling both cultivation and retail scenarios at scale. Those migrations helped refine our processes for bulk imports, reconciliation cadence, and training paths.
• Illinois: We helped many Illinois customers move from BioTrack to Metrc — a transition that required careful data transformation and a strong focus on preserving product and batch traceability.

Those programs informed every design decision in the New York tool and the operational playbook we’ll bring to each customer migration.

Education & support: not just tooling, but training

Migration isn’t only a technical exercise — it’s a people and process change. Canix is committed to educating operators throughout the transition:

• Detailed New York Transition Guide. A comprehensive guide covers the nuances of the New York rollout: required Metrc attributes, labeling rules, packaging and unit conventions, suggested reconciliation cadence, and step-by-step migration instructions tailored for cultivators, processors, distributors, and retailers.
• Live webinars. We will hold interactive webinars for operators on November 6 and November 7. These sessions will walk through the tool, show real demo cutovers, cover state-specific issues, and include Q&A so operators can bring their real migration questions. (Registration details and recordings will be made available to all customers.)
• Hands-on go-live support. Canix provides a projectized approach (project manager + migration engineer + compliance specialist) and a post-go-live support window to make sure reconciliations and day-one operations are smooth.

What operators should do now

1. Start a data sprint. Clean SKUs, normalize units, and confirm package IDs. The sooner data is tidy, the quicker the migration.
2. Run a physical inventory audit. Confirm plants, packages, and quantities before any import.
3. Book the webinars (Nov 6 & 7). Attend the demos and Q&A to see the tool in action and learn state-specific behaviors.
4. Schedule your migration with Canix. Because Canix expects to complete migrations well before the state deadline, early scheduling increases your flexibility for a weekend or phased cutover that minimizes operational impact.

Why Canix is the right partner for New York

Canix combines proven, multi-state migration experience with purpose-built tooling and a focus on operator education.

If you want to be confident your data will be uploaded quickly, accurately, and with fewer mistakes, Canix is ready to help.

Transitioning to Metrc in New York doesn’t have to be a scramble. With the right tool, the right playbook, and the right education, you can turn the migration into a one-time project that leaves your operation cleaner, faster, and audit-ready. Canix is ready to make that happen.

‍