Merge pull request #2446 from splunk/urbiz-OD6538-aws-stats

[6538]: AWS rec stats again

Author: aurbiztondo-splunk

gdi/get-data-in/connect/aws/aws-connect-polling.rst

@@ -101,7 +101,10 @@ After creating an AWS IAM policy and assigning it to a particular role through t
 Modify the scope of data collection
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-By default, Splunk Observability Cloud brings in data from all supported AWS services associated with your account, with :ref:`certain limitations <aws-data-limits>`, but only imports certain :ref:`recommended stats <aws-recommended-stats>` from each service.
+By default, Splunk Observability Cloud brings in: 
+
+* Data from all supported AWS services associated with your account, with :ref:`certain limitations <aws-data-limits>`. 
+* 5 default stats per service: ``sum``, ``min``, ``max``, ``count``, and ``avg``. 
 
 Use the check box options in the guided setup to limit the scope of your data collection. These are the available options:
 
@@ -110,6 +113,8 @@ Use the check box options in the guided setup to limit the scope of your data co
 * Select which :ref:`AWS regions <aws-regions>` to fetch data from.
 * Select which AWS services to fetch data from.
 
+.. note:: You can also chose to import recommended stats. Learn more at :ref:`aws-recommended-stats`.
+
 To limit data collection, you can also:
 
 - Manage the amount of data to import. See :ref:`aws-infra-import`.  

gdi/get-data-in/connect/aws/aws-recommended-stats.rst

@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ AWS recommended stats (polling only)
 .. meta::
   :description: List of recommended stats used in the AWS integration.
 
-If you're polling data, by default Splunk Observability Cloud only imports certain stats, which are based on AWS' own recommended stats and vary with service. You can look for your services' AWS recommended stats in the official AWS docs, for example :new-page:`CloudWatch metrics for your Classic Load Balancer <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/classic/elb-cloudwatch-metrics.html>` or :new-page:`S3 monitoring with Amazon CloudWatch <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/viewing_metrics_with_cloudwatch.html>`.
+If you're polling data, by default Splunk Observability Cloud only polls these 5 statistics: SampleCount (``count`` in Splunk Observability Cloud), Average (``mean``), Sum (``sum``), Minimum (``lower``), and Maximum (``upper``).
+
+If you chose to import recommended stats, instead of default stats Splunk Observability Cloud imports a set of recommended stats which are based on AWS' own recommended stats and vary with service. 
+
+List of recommended stats
+==================================================
 
 Splunk Observability Cloud uses the following recommended stats: