So to be sure I understand this correctly (from your response and some other threads):

-If I use the radiance measure, Openstudio does the daylighting simulation with radiance. But radiance will only use the primary daylighting control

-If I set up daylighting controls and don't use the radiance measure, OS will use the energyplus daylighting programs, which accepts both daylighting controls but has issues with transmitting daylight between spaces.

..So the question of which method to use boils down to which of these things I think is more important for my project.

Is this correct?

That's correct, but I would argue that you've understated the "issues" EnergyPLus has WRT daylighting calculations; it's absolutely awful. But yes, that's the deal. You can use EnergyPlus and have terrible spatial resolution, inaccurate results, incomplete daylight metrics, and a host of other issues, but you can easily apply it to your whole building and get a result in a reasonable timeframe. Or, you can use Radiance and actually simulate the daylight moving through your space the way it would in real life[TM], better daylight metrics, more flexibility, vetted BSDF data for blinds, etc...

...but have to wait a lot longer for your better results. And work with an incomplete controls implementation. And easily overwhelm your resources if you accidentally populate the entire building with Radiance simulation points. And still have work to do in the data visualization end of things, etc...

Thanks. I think I have a decent idea of what my options are now.