Privileges Required to use Ad Hoc Alert Sources 
To use ad hoc alert sources, you need either:
scheduler-administrator role
system, partition or isolation goup-level permissions
object-specific privileges
You need the either of the following privilege ranks to be able to create ad hoc alert sources:
Create - allows you to create an ad hoc alert source 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 ad hoc alert sources on the level the privilege was granted (system, partition, isolation-group)
Delete - allows you to create, view, and delete all ad hoc alert source on the level the privilege was granted (system, partition, isolation-group)
All - full control over all ad hoc 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 ad hoc alert source, you have to have either of the following privileges:
Edit - privilege rank on the ad hoc alert source, or on ad hoc alert sources in its partition, isolation group or system-wide
Delete - privilege rank on the ad hoc alert source, or on ad hoc alert sources in its partition, isolation group or system-wide
All - privilege rank on the ad hoc alert source, or on ad hoc alert sources in its partition, isolation group or system-wide
Ad hoc alert sources can reference the following objects, you need at least View privileges on these objects when you want to edit an ad hoc alert source that references them:
Application
Alert Escalation
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