CCRS PREproduction
The LCB maintains two distinct public-facing CCRS environments. The CCRS PRODuction environment is the actual system, used for cannabis business activity reporting throughout the state. The other is the CCRS PREproduction environment. This environment is intended for use as a training grounds for licensees and labs who perform their own reporting uploads, as well as serving as a lightweight testing system for integrators to confirm their respective systems function properly with CCRS.
All users who have access to CCRS PRODuction (cannabis licensees, approved integrators, and authorized labs) automatically have access to the PREproduction system.
What's New?
Starting Aug. 27, 2025, for the next 30 days the following new report and updated manifest will be live in PREproduction environment. On Sept. 30, these reports will go live in CCRS Production environment and completion will be required to help ensure public safety. The following new report is related to harvest events and will increase traceability between plant and inventory.
Summary of these changes:
- Harvest
We have created a new Harvest.CSV to capture harvest related data. This CSV is a new requirement that is collecting data related to a harvest. This includes the number of plants harvested and the different Harvested Material lots. These CSV will be a requirement by all producer and producer/processor license that are currently growing and harvesting plants. - Manifest Update
The Manifest has been updated to reflect COA information related to products being sent to retail. The new Lab External Identifier column is to collect the requirement from WAC 16-309-280(6):- At a minimum, the computer generated COA reports for samples going to the customer must contain:
(c) Unique identification of the test report certificate and on each page an identification in order to ensure that the page is recognized as a part of the COA, and a clear identification of the end of the report; - By collecting this information on manifest of products to retailers, it helps ensure public safety related to required testing being completed by the labs. Each COA (Test Results) a licensee receives from the lab is required to have this Unique Identifier. This will help ensure products going to retail have all the required testing by allowing quicker identification of the COA related to the product. The user guide has some examples of these identifiers.
- At a minimum, the computer generated COA reports for samples going to the customer must contain:
- Download the updated CCRS Manifest Guide
CCRS PREproduction Access Guide
General Info
Accessing the CCRS PREproduction environment is very similar to accessing the standard CCRS PRODuction environment. There are two key differences when accessing PREproduction vs PRODuction:
- The first difference is that you will access the CCRS PREproduction URL: https://precannabisreporting.lcb.wa.gov.
- The second is that your authentication is done using the Washington State TEST Secure Access Washington (TEST SAW) system.
User Administration
Adding Users
Similar to CCRS PRODuction, the only user who will be able to initially access CCRS PREproduction to make changes for your business is the system administrator. There can only be one system administrator per licensee, and it will be the same for both environments. The system administrator account is set up based on the email address provided to LCB during the licensing process. Each assigned system administrator is responsible for setting up additional users in CCRS PREproduction. The steps to add users in PREproduction are the same as in PRODuction; please see the system administration guides posted on the LCB CCRS Resources page for more info.
Adding Integrators
PREproduction should have all of the approved integrators that are available in PRODuction. The difference is that in PREproduction, you will see additional integrators that are not in PRODuction. This is due to LCB testing and system monitoring activities. It is best to disregard these additional integrators unless otherwise instructed, and simply assign your chosen integrator as normal.
The integrator assignment is not automatically applied in PREproduction when assigned in PRODuction: the system admin will have to assign in both places.
The steps to add integrators in PREproduction are the same as in PRODuction; please see the system administration guides posted on the LCB CCRS Resources page for more info.
Logging In
Navigate to https://precannabisreporting.lcb.wa.gov. This will automatically redirect you to TEST Secure Access Washington (SAW), where you will:
- Sign into your active TEST SAW account
Or - Create a new TEST SAW account by selecting the ‘SIGN UP!’ button
Or - If you have previously had a TEST SAW account but don’t remember your username or password, you will be able to reset them.
Please Note: TEST SAW looks nearly identical to production (regular) SAW. Pay close attention to the URL of the pages you are working on.
Logging into the CCRS PREproduction Portal for the first time
When logging in for the first time (after signing into SAW for authentication), users are prompted to confirm their CCRS email at the first landing page (see below).
For system admins, this email is the one associated with the license location(s).
For additional users, enter the email that matches what was used when the CCRS user account was created by the system admin.
