Wildcat Finder

Summary

Wildcat Finder is a proprietary web application that provides multiple search options to identify individuals affiliated with the University in various capacities, including faculty, staff, students, contractors, and affiliates. Service is available to IT staff only.

Body

Wildcat Finder is a proprietary web application that provides multiple search options to identify individuals affiliated with the University in various capacities, including faculty, staff, students, contractors, and affiliates. It delivers a quick and easy method for discovering the following information about persons affiliated with Northwestern University: 

  • First and Last Name 

  • NetID 

  • Email Address 

  • University Phone Number 

  • Role 

  • Group 

  • School / Department 

  • Direct Manager 

  • 2nd Level Manager 

  • Employee or Student ID 

  • Office Location 

  • Affiliation 

  • Activity Status

Wildcat Finder is accessible by navigating to https://wildcatfinder.northwestern.edu. An active VPN connection is required.

Access may be requested by submitting a request through the Service Catalog.

Usage

Individual query

Search by NetID, Email Address, Employee ID, or by Name (Last and/or First) 

Bulk query

Upload a plain text (.txt) file or a comma separated values (.csv) file containing a list of exact search terms (NetIDs, Email Addresses, or EmplDs) of the same type in the following format, or as delimited by ", " or ",\n" instead of just ",". 
 
example: "term_1,term_2,term_3,term_4"
 
Search queries will be executed for each term in the file and results automatically downloaded to a .csv file to your local machine. 

Note: only .txt and .csv file types are supported.

 

 

 

Details

Details

Article ID: 2161
Created
Thu 2/16/23 8:21 AM
Modified
Wed 9/20/23 2:45 PM

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Wildcat Finder is a proprietary web application that provides multiple search options to identify individuals affiliated with the University in various capacities, including faculty, staff, students, contractors, and affiliates.