# Summary Statements

The Summary Statement feature provides a comprehensive overview of billing activities for each account using HTML templates that compile data like invoices, credit memos, payments, and more.  The associated APIs help automate the creation and management of these statements. See <a href="https://knowledgecenter.zuora.com/Zuora_Billing/Zuora_Billing_Reporting/Account_Summary_Statement" target="_blank">Account Summary Statements </a> for more information.


## Create a summary statement run

 - [POST /v1/summary-statement-runs](https://developer.zuora.com/v1-api-reference/api/summary-statements/createsummarystatementrun.md): Allows you to initiate the generation of a summary statement run.
You can specify parameters such as the run type (AdHoc or scheduled) and the target account categories (single or multiple accounts).

## Delete a summary statement

 - [DELETE /v1/summary-statements/{summaryStatementKey}](https://developer.zuora.com/v1-api-reference/api/summary-statements/deletesummarystatement.md): Deletes a specific summary statement.

You can delete a summary statement only when both the summary statement and its
parent summary statement run are in terminal states.

Allowed summary statement statuses:
  - Completed
  - Canceled
  - Error
  - Previewing (for temporary preview statements)

Allowed parent summary statement run statuses:
  - Completed
  - Error
  - Terminated

Error scenarios:
  - Returns 400 INVALID_VALUE if the summary statement status is Pending or Processing
  - Returns 400 INVALID_VALUE if the parent summary statement run status is Pending or Processing
  - Returns 404 NOT_FOUND if the summary statement does not exist