End User Requirements

For current hardware recommendations see: http://www.it.northwestern.edu/hardware

We are in the process of updating the following information to be as current and comprehensive as possible. We expect to have new information available in June 2009.

PC Mac Linux Affected End Users
RECOMMENDED WEB BROWSERS
PeopleSoft
(Financials)		 Internet Explorer 6 or 7 on Windows  XP Netscape 7 on Mac OS X+ Netscape 7 on Linux Kernel 2.2.14, Red Hat 6.2, 7.0+ Financial and Department Administrators and Assistants
Financial and Business Managers
Faculty and Faculty Support Staff
Accounting Clerks
Department Heads
Directors
Research Techs and Assistants
Work-Study Students working in Financial Offices
Former Users of CUFS
SUPPORTED WEB BROWSERS
PeopleSoft
(Financials)		 Internet Explorer 6 or 7 on Windows XP or Server 2003 Safari 1.3, 2.0 on Mac OS X+ Firefox 1.0 on Linux Kernel 2.2.14+ Financial and Department Administrators and Assistants
Financial and Business Managers
Faculty and Faculty Support Staff
Accounting Clerks
Department Heads
Directors
Research Techs and Assistants
Work-Study Students working in Financial Offices
Former Users of CUFS
  Firefox 1.0+ on Windows XP or Server 2003 Firefox 1.0 on Mac OS X+ Netscape 7.x on Linux Kernel 2.2.14+
  Netscape 7.x on Windows XP or Server 2003 Netscape 7.x on Mac OS X+ Mozilla 1.7 on Linux Kernel 2.2.14+
  Mozilla 1.7 on Windows XP Mozilla 1.7 on Mac OS X+  
 
InfoEd
(Grants
Pre-Award)		 Internet Explorer 6 or 7 on Windows  XP Safari 1.2+ on OS X (10.3+)   Faculty and Faculty Support Staff that currently participate in the creation or routing and approval of proposals.
  Firefox 1.1+ on Windows XP or Server 2003 Firefox 1.1+ on Mac OS X+
  Netscape 7.x on Windows XP or Server 2003 Netscape 7.1+ on OS X+
 
Cognos BI Financial and Department Administrators and Assistants
Financial and Business Managers
Faculty and Faculty Support Staff
Accounting Clerks
Department Heads
Directors
Research Techs and Assistants
Work-Study Students working in Financial Offices
Former Users of CUFS
Cognos Connection /
Report Viewer / Query Studio / Metric Studio		 Internet Explorer 6 SP1 on Server 2003 or Internet Explorer 6 SP2 on Windows XP or Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP Firefox 1.0.4+ on Mac OS X+ Firefox 1.0.4+ on Mac OS X+
  Firefox 1.0+ on Windows XP or Server 2003 Netscape 7.1 on OS X+ Netscape 7.1 on OS X+
  Netscape 7.x on Windows XP or Server 2003    
Report Studio / Analysis Studio / Event Studio Internet Explorer 6 SP1 on Server 2003 or Internet Explorer 6 SP2 on Windows XP or Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP    
 
  Facilities Central Office personnel,
Shop Foremen
Budget and Accounting Office for Capital Projects
Students
Housing RA's
Department Administrators
FAMIS 8i
(Facilities Management)		 Internet Explorer 6 or 7 on Windows XP or Server 2003 Safari 1.2 (Sun Plug-in 1.4.2) on Mac OS 10.2+  
  Firefox 1.0+ on Windows XP or Server 2003 Firefox 1.5 on Mac OS 10.2+
  Netscape 7.x on Windows XP or Server 2003 Netscape 7.1 on OS X+
  Mozilla 1.7 on Windows XP Mozilla 1.5 on Mac OS 10.2+
       
AUXILIARY SOFTWARE
PeopleSoft MS Excel 2000 or XP See PeopleSoft above.
InfoEd Adobe Acrobat Reader (For viewing PDF Documents) Faculty and Faculty Support Staff that currently participate in the creation or routing and approval of proposals.
  Microsoft Office XP+, Microsoft Office 2000 (only if updated with 'Office HTML Filter' as described in MS support article KB236967) Faculty and Faculty Support Staff that currently participate in the creation or routing and approval of proposals.
Cognos BI Active support for Excel 2003 See Cognos BI above
  Compatible with Excel 2000, 2002  
  Active support for Adobe Reader 7.0  
  Compatible with Adobe Reader 6.x  
  Compatible with Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.5 Accessibility and Forms Patch  
FAMIS 8i J-initiator, Mapguide Viewer (These will be downloaded from the application server) See FAMIS above.
 
 
Workstation Hardware:  For current hardware recommendations, please see http://www.it.northwestern.edu/hardware