Privileges Required to use Formats 
To use formats, you need either:
scheduler-administrator role
system, partition or isolation goup-level permissions
object-specific prvileges
Creating Formats
You need one of the following privilege ranks to be able to create formats:
Create - allows you to create formats on the level the privilege was granted (system, partition, isolation-group), you have no further privileges through this rank, you automatically get privileges on formats you create.
Edit - allows you to create, view, and edit all formats on the level the privilege was granted (system, partition, isolation-group)
Delete - allows you to create, view, and delete all formats on the level the privilege was granted (system, partition, isolation-group)
All - full control over all formats on the level the privilege was granted (system, partition, isolation-group)
Editing Formats
To successfully edit a format, you have to have one the following privileges:
Edit - privilege rank on the format, or on formats in its partition, isolation group or system-wide
Delete - privilege rank on the format, or on formats in its partition, isolation group or system-wide
All - privilege rank on the format, or on formats in its partition, isolation group or system-wide
Formats can reference the following objects, you need at least View privileges on these objects when you want to edit a format that references them:
Application