Report Attributes: Add column link and derived column

On the Report Attributes page (4000:420), under the Tasks list on the right side of the page, there are 2 links, "Add column link" and "Add derived column". This is the first time I am noticing them.
The usage is clear, they add columns to the report to function either as a drill-thru link column or just a read-only derived field.
Doing it this way does NOT modify the source query for the report region.
Is there any benefit to using this feature versus adding a "null column_link" or "null derived_col" columns to my source query then setting attributes for those columns?
Thanks

Well, one disadvantage I can see of using the 'Add Column link' is that if I have more than 1 of such columns, they all show up as '[column link]' on the Report Attributes page with no way to tell what the underlying links are. Instead, if I were to manually add these dummy columns to my query itself, I would give them meaningful column aliases that indicated where they link to.
Suggestion: Maybe a tooltip could be added to the Report Attributes page for such columns which indicate what the underlying link is without actually going to the Edit page for that column.
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http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E14373_01/appdev.32/e11838/app_comp.htm#sthref978
>
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