**To enable metrics collection for an Auto Scaling group** This example enables data collection for the specified Auto Scaling group:: aws autoscaling enable-metrics-collection --auto-scaling-group-name my-auto-scaling-group --granularity "1Minute" To collect data for a specific metric, use the ``metrics`` parameter:: aws autoscaling enable-metrics-collection --auto-scaling-group-name my-auto-scaling-group --metrics GroupDesiredCapacity --granularity "1Minute" For more information, see `Monitoring Your Auto Scaling Groups and Instances Using Amazon CloudWatch`_ in the *Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide*. .. _`Monitoring Your Auto Scaling Groups and Instances Using Amazon CloudWatch`: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/as-instance-monitoring.html