diff --git a/doc/changes/unreleased.md b/doc/changes/unreleased.md
index 8c23b3d..81d8510 100644
--- a/doc/changes/unreleased.md
+++ b/doc/changes/unreleased.md
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@
 
 * Relocked Dependencies
 * Update toolbox workflows
+
+## Added
+
+* Added support for finegrained error output control
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/exasol/error/_error.py b/exasol/error/_error.py
index 456d24e..2176a99 100644
--- a/exasol/error/_error.py
+++ b/exasol/error/_error.py
@@ -52,8 +52,45 @@ def build_error(code, msg, mitigations, params):
     def __str__(self) -> str:
         return f"{self._error}"
 
-    # TODO: Implement __format__ to conveniently support long and short reporting format
-    # See also see, Github Issue #28 https://github.com/exasol/error-reporting-python/issues/28
+    def __format__(self, format_spec: str):
+        def _name(error: Error):
+            return f"{error._error._error_code} "
+
+        def _message(error: Error):
+            return f"{error._error._message_builder} "
+
+        def _mitigations(error: Error):
+            return f"{error._error._mitigations} "
+
+        def _parameters(error: Error):
+            return f"{error._error._parameter_dict} "
+
+        def _short(error: Error):
+            return _name(error) + _message(error)
+
+        def _long(error: Error):
+            return (
+                _name(error)
+                + _message(error)
+                + _mitigations(error)
+                + _parameters(error)
+            )
+
+        output = ""
+        formats = {
+            "name": _name(self),
+            "message": _message(self),
+            "mitigations": _mitigations(self),
+            "parameters": _parameters(self),
+            "short": _short(self),
+            "long": _long(self),
+            "": "",
+        }
+        for part in format_spec.split(" "):
+            if part in formats:
+                output += formats[part]
+
+        return output[:-1]
 
 
 # ATTENTION: In the event of an exception while creating an error, we encounter a chicken-and-egg problem regarding error definitions.
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index dc89afc..9c13650 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1690,13 +1690,13 @@ zstd = ["zstandard (>=0.18.0)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "virtualenv"
-version = "20.28.1"
+version = "20.29.0"
 description = "Virtual Python Environment builder"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "virtualenv-20.28.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:412773c85d4dab0409b83ec36f7a6499e72eaf08c80e81e9576bca61831c71cb"},
-    {file = "virtualenv-20.28.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:5d34ab240fdb5d21549b76f9e8ff3af28252f5499fb6d6f031adac4e5a8c5329"},
+    {file = "virtualenv-20.29.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c12311863497992dc4b8644f8ea82d3b35bb7ef8ee82e6630d76d0197c39baf9"},
+    {file = "virtualenv-20.29.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6345e1ff19d4b1296954cee076baaf58ff2a12a84a338c62b02eda39f20aa982"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
diff --git a/test/unit/fmt_test.py b/test/unit/fmt_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c8db87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/fmt_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+import pytest
+
+from exasol.error._error import Error
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "error, fmt, expected",
+    [
+        (
+            Error(
+                code="E-TEST-1",
+                message="Not enough space on device {/dev/sda1}.",
+                mitigations=[
+                    "Delete something from {/dev/sda1}",
+                    "Create larger partition.",
+                ],
+                parameters={"device": "/dev/sda1"},
+            ),
+            "",
+            "",
+        ),
+        (
+            Error(
+                code="E-TEST-1",
+                message="Not enough space on device {/dev/sda1}.",
+                mitigations=[
+                    "Delete something from {/dev/sda1}",
+                    "Create larger partition.",
+                ],
+                parameters={"device": "/dev/sda1"},
+            ),
+            "unknown",
+            "",
+        ),
+        (
+            Error(
+                code="E-TEST-1",
+                message="Not enough space on device {/dev/sda1}.",
+                mitigations=[
+                    "Delete something from {/dev/sda1}",
+                    "Create larger partition.",
+                ],
+                parameters={"device": "/dev/sda1"},
+            ),
+            "long",
+            "E-TEST-1 ['Not enough space on device {/dev/sda1}.'] ['Delete something from {/dev/sda1}', 'Create larger partition.'] {'device': '/dev/sda1'}",
+        ),
+        (
+            Error(
+                code="E-TEST-1",
+                message="Not enough space on device {/dev/sda1}.",
+                mitigations=[
+                    "Delete something from {/dev/sda1}",
+                    "Create larger partition.",
+                ],
+                parameters={"device": "/dev/sda1"},
+            ),
+            "short",
+            "E-TEST-1 ['Not enough space on device {/dev/sda1}.']",
+        ),
+        (
+            Error(
+                code="E-TEST-1",
+                message="Not enough space on device {/dev/sda1}.",
+                mitigations=[
+                    "Delete something from {/dev/sda1}",
+                    "Create larger partition.",
+                ],
+                parameters={"device": "/dev/sda1"},
+            ),
+            "name",
+            "E-TEST-1",
+        ),
+        (
+            Error(
+                code="E-TEST-1",
+                message="Not enough space on device {/dev/sda1}.",
+                mitigations=[
+                    "Delete something from {/dev/sda1}",
+                    "Create larger partition.",
+                ],
+                parameters={"device": "/dev/sda1"},
+            ),
+            "message",
+            "['Not enough space on device {/dev/sda1}.']",
+        ),
+        (
+            Error(
+                code="E-TEST-1",
+                message="Not enough space on device {/dev/sda1}.",
+                mitigations=[
+                    "Delete something from {/dev/sda1}",
+                    "Create larger partition.",
+                ],
+                parameters={"device": "/dev/sda1"},
+            ),
+            "mitigations",
+            "['Delete something from {/dev/sda1}', 'Create larger partition.']",
+        ),
+        (
+            Error(
+                code="E-TEST-1",
+                message="Not enough space on device {/dev/sda1}.",
+                mitigations=[
+                    "Delete something from {/dev/sda1}",
+                    "Create larger partition.",
+                ],
+                parameters={"device": "/dev/sda1"},
+            ),
+            "parameters",
+            "{'device': '/dev/sda1'}",
+        ),
+        (
+            Error(
+                code="E-TEST-1",
+                message="Not enough space on device {/dev/sda1}.",
+                mitigations=[
+                    "Delete something from {/dev/sda1}",
+                    "Create larger partition.",
+                ],
+                parameters={"device": "/dev/sda1"},
+            ),
+            "parameters mitigations message name",
+            "{'device': '/dev/sda1'} ['Delete something from {/dev/sda1}', 'Create larger partition.'] ['Not enough space on device {/dev/sda1}.'] E-TEST-1",
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_fmt(error, fmt, expected):
+    fmt_str = f"{{error:{fmt}}}"
+    actual = fmt_str.format(error=error)
+    assert actual == expected