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title: "All at once"
description: "All at once is Fincanva's single-page strategy editing view: every settings card on one page, changeable in any order, with no step sequence to follow."
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# All at once

**All at once** is Fincanva's single-page strategy editing view: every settings card of a [strategy](/docs/getting-started/strategy) sits on one page, so you can change any part in any order instead of following a step sequence. **All at once** and [Step by step](/docs/getting-started/step-by-step) are the product's official pair of editing views — the same strategy, the same settings, a different amount of it on screen at once. **All at once** is the view you open to change a strategy you already have.

## What does the All at once view show?

**All at once** lays out one card per part of the strategy, each editing that part directly:

| Card | What it controls |
|---|---|
| **Strategy type** | which [strategy type](/docs/getting-started/strategy-type) the strategy is, and therefore which cards apply |
| **Rebalance** | the strategy's name and its [rebalance](/docs/backtesting/rebalance) cadence |
| **Asset selection** | the instruments the strategy may hold — see [asset-selection modes](/docs/getting-started/asset-selection-modes) |
| **Allocation** | the [allocation method](/docs/strategies/allocation-and-allocation-method) that weights capital across those instruments |
| **Risk** | the [risk conditions](/docs/strategies/risk-condition) that switch the strategy to its Risk-Off allocation |
| **Position exits** | the [take-profit](/docs/strategies/take-profit) and [stop-loss](/docs/strategies/stop-loss) rules applied to each position |

A part that does not apply to the strategy's type is not shown; a part that is optional for that type appears as an **Add** row until you set it up, and then becomes a full card.

## How does All at once differ from Step by step?

The difference is exposure, not capability: **All at once** shows every applicable card together, while **Step by step** shows one step at a time and hides the optional ones behind its Review step. Neither view can set something the other cannot, and neither holds a private copy of the strategy — a change made in one is the same change in the other. **Step by step** is the better fit for a first build, where the order of decisions is itself the help; **All at once** is the better fit for changing two or three unrelated settings, because you do not walk past the steps in between.

## What does All at once add for a Combined?

For a [Combined](/docs/getting-started/combined), **All at once** adds the Combined's own layer on top of the per-strategy cards: a section listing the strategies it holds, and a [Combined-level](/docs/getting-started/combined-level) allocation that splits capital between them. Each member strategy keeps its own set of cards, edited scoped to that strategy. A Combined holding fewer than two strategies is an [Incomplete Combined](/docs/backtesting/incomplete-combined) and cannot run.

## Defaults in Fincanva

- Every card edits the live strategy in the page's own state, so a change is visible immediately — but it only persists once you save.
- Changing a setting that feeds the backtest leaves the last result standing and flips its [run status](/docs/backtesting/run-status) to **Needs re-run** until you re-run.
- Switching the **Strategy type** card changes which cards the strategy uses, so it is confirmed first: the confirmation names the cards the new type requires, and any card the new type does not require that is currently configured is reset to its defaults.
- A **Step by step** control reopens the same strategy in the walk-through, and nothing is lost either way.
- A public strategy opens in **All at once** read-only — it cannot be saved directly; see [Mine / Public](/docs/getting-started/mine-public).

## Worked example

You have a **Full setup** strategy and want to change three unrelated things: the rebalance cadence, the allocation method, and the stop-loss level. In [Step by step](/docs/getting-started/step-by-step) that is three separate steps reached in the rail's fixed order, with the steps in between on the way. In **All at once** all three cards — **Rebalance**, **Allocation**, and **Position exits** — are on the same page: you edit each in place, save once, and re-run once. The strategy that results is identical either way; only the number of screens you passed through differs.