Flexible spending purchase orders

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Flexible spending is a type of purchase order that is closed based on a dollar figure billed instead of a quantity. The standard itemized purchase order is closed when a vendor sends a bill for each unit in the PO. The flexible spending purchase order is closed when a vendor sends a bill for each dollar in the PO. 

For example, this is an itemized purchase order for 10 widgets for a total of $1000:

If the widgets end up costing $200/widgets and a bill comes in for 5 units (total of $1000 bill):

The PO will still be open since there are still 5 widgets outstanding next time you log a bill against this PO:

However in a flexible spending purchase order, the bill is closed when the dollar figure has been completely billed, and there is no relevant quantity. So if there is a flexible spending PO for $1000:

And a bill is logged against the PO for $700:

Then the next time you log a bill, it will prompt for the $300 balance: