The Configuration Panel (Screenshot 4) is where you can design your chart. It can be opened and closed by clicking the gear icon on the Dashboard.
From here, you can select the Type of chart and additional chart options.
The Event dropdown is present if your project uses longitudinal data collection. It acts as a filter so that you can specify Instruments and Fields by event.
The Instrument dropdown let you filter through fields by instrument.
The Field dropdowns let you select the data you want to visualize. Multiple fields can be selected with the + button. Depending on the chart type, you will also select a field for your X-axis while the other fields will be used for your Y-axis.
Selecting an Aggregate function (mean, sum, count, etc.) for your Fields / Y-axis may be required depending on your chart type.
Filters are optional and allow you to filter the data that is shown in your chart (see section on filters).
Once your chart is configured, clicking Visualize will pull the data from your REDCap project and produce your chart.