BI Published Reports vs. OBIEE Analyses

We have OBIEE 11g integrated with BI Publisher. One of the things we're struggling with is when to use an OBIEE Analysis vs. a BI Publisher Report in our dashboards, especially since BI Publisher reports can call data in the presentation/analysis layer to get its data.
BI Pub seems to offer some beautiful flash-based 3D charts. Does anyone have an experience on decision criteria as to when to use one tool vs. the other?
Much appreciated.
thank you.

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