Variable prompts..

Hi,
I am new to 11g,In 10g we have column prompts and Dashboard prompts but In 11g I am seeing a option for Variable prompt..
1)what is this variable prompt?
and
2)what the difference between column prompt and variable prompt?
and
3) in which case we use Variable prompts?
please tell me...

HI
Differenc between Variable prompt and cloumn Prompt?
Variable Prompt — A variable prompt allows the user to select a value that is specified in the variable prompt to display on the dashboard. A variable prompt is not dependent upon a column, but can still use a column.
Ex:- you can use variable prompts to allow the user to specify existing data to perform sales projections. For example, you can create a variable prompt called Sales Projections and specify the variable prompt values as 10, 20, and 30 percent. Then you create an analysis that contains the Region and Dollars columns. Within the Dollars column formula, you select the multiply operator and insert the Sales Projection variable. When users run this analysis, they can select a percentage by which to recalculate the Dollars column.Column Prompt:
Column Prompt:
A column prompt allows users to select the values for populate a column in a dashboard or analysis. Use the following procedure to create or edit a named column prompt that you can apply to one or more dashboards, or to create or edit an inline column prompt that is embedded in an analysis. This procedure does not include information about selection steps or hierarchical columns
Hope this helps
Thanks
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