Glossary
BioTrack
A seed-to-sale track-and-trace system used as the state system in several states and formerly in New Mexico (2015–September 4, 2026), where it was replaced by NMS2S.
Why it matters for reconciliation: a store that moved from BioTrack to NMS2S carries history in both. Anything that compares periods across the cutover, such as year-over-year variance, has to know which system recorded each period and how identifiers were carried over.
Example: a New Mexico store looks back at a variance from the summer of 2026. That record lives in BioTrack, while everything after September 4, 2026 lives in NMS2S. The Item ID carried over unchanged, which is what lets the two periods be joined on the same inventory record.
Where this comes up on budally.com
- Metrc for dispensaries: what it records, and how a store reconciles against it
- NMS2S explained: New Mexico's seed-to-sale system, what its API does, and what your store still has to do by hand
- NMS2S migration-fix checklist: what to correct after the BioTrack cutover, in order
- NMS2S vs BioTrack vs Metrc: what changed for New Mexico operators
- The NMS2S API for dispensary software: what exists, what it supports, how access works
- Dispensary POS comparison 2026: Dutchie vs Treez vs Flowhub vs Cova vs BLAZE, judged on what an operations team actually needs
- Best cannabis delivery software 2026: which tool fits which delivery operator
- Best cannabis POS software 2026: which system fits which operator, and how we compared them
Related terms
- NMS2S
New Mexico Seed-to-Sale System: the state track-and-trace system built by Real Time Solutions that replaced BioTrack on September 4, 2026. Its retail POS API covers sales, deliveries, patient validation and voids; an expanded API (Sept 30, 2026) gives validated integrators inventory reads, splits and adjustments; room moves, transfers and tax computation are manual.
- Metrc
The track-and-trace system of record in most US cannabis states (Michigan, California, New York and others). Tracks packages by tag, transfers by manifest, and retail sales as receipts. BudAlly uses it as the spine of the ledger in Metrc states.
- Track-and-trace
The state-mandated system recording every cannabis package from cultivation to sale. Metrc in most states; BioTrack in some; NMS2S in New Mexico; CCRS in Washington.