ERROR: Write access to member SASUSER.FORMATS.CATALOG is denied.
What sas platform are you using?
If you run sas on a server you need get the permission from the administrator.
If you use SAS University Edition and some others you can't get the permission because many others use the same sasuser library.
To save your own formats define any other private library to save there the format catalog.
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