diff --git a/config/samples/v1beta1_verticaautoscaler_custom_metrics.yaml b/config/samples/v1beta1_verticaautoscaler_custom_metrics.yaml
index 585596ba4..323422e5e 100644
--- a/config/samples/v1beta1_verticaautoscaler_custom_metrics.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/v1beta1_verticaautoscaler_custom_metrics.yaml
@@ -32,3 +32,15 @@ spec:
           target:
             type: Value
             value: "6"
+    - metric:
+        type: Object
+        object:
+          describedObject:
+            apiVersion: v1
+            kind: Service
+            name: verticadb-sample-sc1
+          metric:
+            name: vertica_queued_requests_count
+          target:
+            type: Value
+            value: "3"
diff --git a/prometheus/adapter.yaml b/prometheus/adapter.yaml
index 365f7ada7..68e5b768c 100644
--- a/prometheus/adapter.yaml
+++ b/prometheus/adapter.yaml
@@ -45,20 +45,15 @@ rules:
           service:
             resource: service
       seriesQuery: vertica_sessions_running_counter{namespace!="", service!= "", type="active", initiator="user"}
-    # - seriesQuery: 'vertica_sessions_running_counter{namespace!="", pod!=""}'
-    #   resources:
-    #     overrides:
-    #       namespace:
-    #         resource: namespace
-    #       pod:
-    #         resource: pod
-    #   metricsQuery: 'sum(increase(vertica_sessions_running_counter[1m])) by (namespace, pod)'
-    # # Number of requests that are queued in the resource pool. Type: guage
-    # - seriesQuery: 'vertica_queued_requests_total{namespace!="", pod!=""}'
-    #   resources:
-    #     overrides:
-    #       namespace:
-    #         resource: namespace
-    #       pod:
-    #         resource: pod
-    #   metricsQuery: 'sum(increase(vertica_queued_requests_total[1m])) by (namespace, pod)'
+    # Number of requests that are queued in the resource pool. Type: guage
+    - seriesQuery: 'vertica_queued_requests_total{namespace!="", pod!=""}'
+      name:
+        as: ${1}_count
+        matches: ^(.*)_total$
+      resources:
+        overrides:
+          namespace:
+            resource: namespace
+          pod:
+            resource: pod
+      metricsQuery: 'sum(vertica_queued_requests_total) by (namespace, pod)'
diff --git a/tests/e2e-leg-12/prometheus-sanity/35-verify-custom-metrics.yaml b/tests/e2e-leg-12/prometheus-sanity/35-verify-custom-metrics.yaml
index 2c889894c..844e7ac7a 100644
--- a/tests/e2e-leg-12/prometheus-sanity/35-verify-custom-metrics.yaml
+++ b/tests/e2e-leg-12/prometheus-sanity/35-verify-custom-metrics.yaml
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ commands:
         echo "empty custom metrics result on vertica_sessions_active_count. Result: $RESULT"
         exit 1
       fi
-  # - script: |
-  #     NAMESPACE=$(kubectl get pod v-prometheus-pri1-0 -o=jsonpath='{.metadata.namespace}')
-  #     RESULT=$(kubectl get --raw /apis/custom.metrics.k8s.io/v1beta1/namespaces/$NAMESPACE/pods/v-prometheus-pri1-0/vertica_queued_requests_total)
-  #     OUTPUT=$(echo $RESULT | jq -r '.items[0].value')
-  #     # verify the metrics result
-  #     if [[ "$OUTPUT" == "" ]]; then
-  #       echo "empty custom metrics result on vertica_queued_requests_total. Result: $RESULT"
-  #       exit 1
-  #     fi
+  - script: |
+      NAMESPACE=$(kubectl get pod v-prometheus-pri1-0 -o=jsonpath='{.metadata.namespace}')
+      RESULT=$(kubectl get --raw /apis/custom.metrics.k8s.io/v1beta1/namespaces/$NAMESPACE/pods/v-prometheus-pri1-0/vertica_queued_requests_count)
+      OUTPUT=$(echo $RESULT | jq -r '.items[0].value')
+      # verify the metrics result
+      if [[ "$OUTPUT" == "" ]]; then
+        echo "empty custom metrics result on vertica_queued_requests_count. Result: $RESULT"
+        exit 1
+      fi