Change SQS metrics statistic method

CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc

@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v8.8.1\...main[Check the HEAD diff]
 - Fix behavior of pagetypeinfo metrics {pull}39985[39985]
 - Fix query logic for temp and non-temp tablespaces in Oracle module. {issue}38051[38051] {pull}39787[39787]
 - Set GCP metrics config period to the default (60s) when the value is below the minimum allowed period. {issue}30434[30434] {pull}40020[40020]
+- Fix statistic methods for metrics collected for SQS. {pull}40207[40207]
 - Add GCP 'instance_id' resource label in ECS cloud fields. {issue}40033[40033] {pull}40062[40062]
 - Fix missing metrics from CloudWatch when include_linked_accounts set to false. {issue}40071[40071] {pull}40135[40135]
 - Update beat module with apm-server monitoring metrics fields {pull}40127[40127]

metricbeat/docs/fields.asciidoc

@@ -4853,7 +4853,7 @@ type: long
 *`aws.sqs.oldest_message_age.sec`*::
 +
 --
-The approximate age of the oldest non-deleted message in the queue.
+The maximum approximate age of the oldest non-deleted message in the queue.
 
 
 type: long
@@ -4895,7 +4895,7 @@ type: long
 *`aws.sqs.messages.deleted`*::
 +
 --
-The number of messages deleted from the queue.
+The total number of messages deleted from the queue.
 
 
 type: long
@@ -4905,7 +4905,7 @@ type: long
 *`aws.sqs.messages.received`*::
 +
 --
-The number of messages returned by calls to the ReceiveMessage action.
+The total number of messages returned by calls to the ReceiveMessage action.
 
 
 type: long
@@ -4915,7 +4915,7 @@ type: long
 *`aws.sqs.messages.sent`*::
 +
 --
-The number of messages added to a queue.
+The total number of messages added to a queue.
 
 
 type: long
@@ -4925,7 +4925,7 @@ type: long
 *`aws.sqs.empty_receives`*::
 +
 --
-The number of ReceiveMessage API calls that did not return a message.
+The total number of ReceiveMessage API calls that did not return a message.
 
 
 type: long

x-pack/metricbeat/module/aws/sqs/_meta/fields.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       type: long
       format: duration
       description: >
-        The approximate age of the oldest non-deleted message in the queue.
+        The maximum approximate age of the oldest non-deleted message in the queue.
     - name: messages.delayed
       type: long
       description: >
@@ -24,19 +24,19 @@
     - name: messages.deleted
       type: long
       description: >
-        The number of messages deleted from the queue.
+        The total number of messages deleted from the queue.
     - name: messages.received
       type: long
       description: >
-        The number of messages returned by calls to the ReceiveMessage action.
+        The total number of messages returned by calls to the ReceiveMessage action.
     - name: messages.sent
       type: long
       description: >
-        The number of messages added to a queue.
+        The total number of messages added to a queue.
     - name: empty_receives
       type: long
       description: >
-        The number of ReceiveMessage API calls that did not return a message.
+        The total number of ReceiveMessage API calls that did not return a message.
     - name: sent_message_size.bytes
       type: long
       format: bytes

x-pack/metricbeat/module/aws/sqs/manifest.yml

@@ -6,36 +6,44 @@ input:
     metrics:
       - namespace: AWS/SQS
         resource_type: sqs
-        statistic: ["Average"]
+        statistic: [ "Maximum" ]
         name:
           - ApproximateAgeOfOldestMessage
+      - namespace: AWS/SQS
+        resource_type: sqs
+        statistic: [ "Average" ]
+        name:
           - ApproximateNumberOfMessagesDelayed
           - ApproximateNumberOfMessagesNotVisible
           - ApproximateNumberOfMessagesVisible
+          - SentMessageSize
+      - namespace: AWS/SQS
+        resource_type: sqs
+        statistic: [ "Sum" ]
+        name:
           - NumberOfMessagesDeleted
+          - NumberOfEmptyReceives
           - NumberOfMessagesReceived
           - NumberOfMessagesSent
-          - NumberOfEmptyReceives
-          - SentMessageSize
 processors:
   - rename:
       ignore_missing: true
       fields:
-        - from: "aws.sqs.metrics.ApproximateAgeOfOldestMessage.avg"
+        - from: "aws.sqs.metrics.ApproximateAgeOfOldestMessage.max"
           to: "aws.sqs.oldest_message_age.sec"
         - from: "aws.sqs.metrics.ApproximateNumberOfMessagesDelayed.avg"
           to: "aws.sqs.messages.delayed"
         - from: "aws.sqs.metrics.ApproximateNumberOfMessagesNotVisible.avg"
           to: "aws.sqs.messages.not_visible"
         - from: "aws.sqs.metrics.ApproximateNumberOfMessagesVisible.avg"
           to: "aws.sqs.messages.visible"
-        - from: "aws.sqs.metrics.NumberOfMessagesDeleted.avg"
+        - from: "aws.sqs.metrics.NumberOfMessagesDeleted.sum"
           to: "aws.sqs.messages.deleted"
-        - from: "aws.sqs.metrics.NumberOfMessagesReceived.avg"
+        - from: "aws.sqs.metrics.NumberOfMessagesReceived.sum"
           to: "aws.sqs.messages.received"
-        - from: "aws.sqs.metrics.NumberOfMessagesSent.avg"
+        - from: "aws.sqs.metrics.NumberOfMessagesSent.sum"
           to: "aws.sqs.messages.sent"
-        - from: "aws.sqs.metrics.NumberOfEmptyReceives.avg"
+        - from: "aws.sqs.metrics.NumberOfEmptyReceives.sum"
           to: "aws.sqs.empty_receives"
         - from: "aws.sqs.metrics.SentMessageSize.avg"
           to: "aws.sqs.sent_message_size.bytes"