Privileges Required to use Job Definition Alert Sources 
To use job definition alert sources, you need either:
scheduler-administrator role
system, partition or isolation goup-level permissions
object-specific prvileges
You need one of the following privilege ranks to be able to create job definition alert sources:
Create - allows you to create job definition alert sources on the level the privilege was granted (system, partition, isolation-group), you have no further privileges through this rank, you automatically get privileges on job definition alert sources you create.
Edit - allows you to create, view, and edit all job definition alert sources on the level the privilege was granted (system, partition, isolation-group)
Delete - allows you to create, view, and delete all job definition alert sources on the level the privilege was granted (system, partition, isolation-group)
All - full control over all job definition alert sources on the level the privilege was granted (system, partition, isolation-group)
You need the either of the following privilege ranks to be able to create ad hoc alert sources:
Create - allows you to create an alert source action on the level the privilege was granted (system, partition, isolation-group), you have no further privileges through this rank, you automatically get privileges on ad hoc alert sources you create.
Edit - allows you to create, view, and edit all alert source actions on the level the privilege was granted (system, partition, isolation-group)
Delete - allows you to create, view, and delete all alert source actions on the level the privilege was granted (system, partition, isolation-group)
All - full control over all alert source actions on the level the privilege was granted (system, partition, isolation-group)
To successfully edit a job definition alert source, you have to have one the following privileges:
Edit - privilege rank on the job definition alert source, or on job definition alert sources in its partition, isolation group or system-wide
Delete - privilege rank on the job definition alert source, or on job definition alert sources in its partition, isolation group or system-wide
All - privilege rank on the job definition alert source, or on job definition alert sources in its partition, isolation group or system-wide
Job definition alert sources can reference the following objects, you need at least View privileges on these objects when you want to edit a job definition that references them:
Application
Escalation
Time Window
To successfully edit a ad hoc alert source, you have to have either of the following privileges:
Edit - privilege rank on the alert source action, or on alert source actions in its partition, isolation group or system-wide
Delete - privilege rank on the alert source action, or on alert source actions in its partition, isolation group or system-wide
All - privilege rank on the alert source action, or on alert source actions in its partition, isolation group or system-wide