@ketiller The “Inquiry Parameters” are coming from the underlying GI, not meant to be what is seen in the dashboard.
You can use the dashboard parameters to further filter the data being brought in, but there is not an expectation to have the Dashboard Parameters fill in for the Inquiry Parameters, these are two different sets of data control.
If you want the parameters sent from the GI to always have values in the dashboard, you can set default parameters in the GI, these will flow to the dashboard.
If you want to bring in more broad data and then use the dashboard parameters to filter this for the widget, then you use the Filter Settings and check the box as seen in your images.
When the end result is not bringing in any data then I would double check the GI and see if the parameters entered on the GI result in no data coming into the GI results, and if so, work to simplify or peel back some layers of the GI until it populates data as expected, then start adding the complexity back to the GI and once you have the GI working as expected with the given parameters, then work on the widget to see if it works better after the adjustments