diff --git a/pkg/scalers/azure_data_explorer_scaler.go b/pkg/scalers/azure_data_explorer_scaler.go
index 77570a48123..bd2248d49e9 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/azure_data_explorer_scaler.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/azure_data_explorer_scaler.go
@@ -118,7 +118,13 @@ func parseAzureDataExplorerMetadata(config *ScalerConfig, logger logr.Logger) (*
 	}
 
 	// Generate metricName.
-	metadata.MetricName = GenerateMetricNameWithIndex(config.ScalerIndex, kedautil.NormalizeString(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", adxName, metadata.DatabaseName)))
+	metadataName, _ := getParameterFromConfig(config, "metricName", false)
+	if metadataName == "" {
+		// metadataName is not defined
+		metadata.MetricName = GenerateMetricNameWithIndex(config.ScalerIndex, kedautil.NormalizeString(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", adxName, metadata.DatabaseName)))
+	} else {
+		metadata.MetricName = GenerateMetricNameWithIndex(config.ScalerIndex, kedautil.NormalizeString(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-%s", adxName, metadata.DatabaseName, metadataName)))
+	}
 
 	activeDirectoryEndpoint, err := azure.ParseActiveDirectoryEndpoint(config.TriggerMetadata)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/azure_data_explorer_scaler_test.go b/pkg/scalers/azure_data_explorer_scaler_test.go
index a907679c20f..982738c7133 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/azure_data_explorer_scaler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/azure_data_explorer_scaler_test.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ var (
 	aadAppSecret          = "test_app_secret"
 	azureTenantID         = "8fe57c22-02b1-4b87-8c24-ae21dea4fa6a"
 	databaseName          = "test_database"
+	metricName            = "test_metric"
 	dataExplorerQuery     = "print 3"
 	dataExplorerThreshold = "1"
 	dataExplorerEndpoint  = "https://test-keda-e2e.eastus.kusto.windows.net"
@@ -100,9 +101,23 @@ var testDataExplorerMetadataWithPodIdentity = []parseDataExplorerMetadataTestDat
 	{map[string]string{"tenantId": azureTenantID, "clientId": aadAppClientID, "clientSecret": aadAppSecret, "endpoint": dataExplorerEndpoint, "databaseName": databaseName, "query": dataExplorerQuery, "threshold": dataExplorerThreshold}, false},
 }
 
+var testDataExplorerMetadataWithPodIdentityWithMetricNameSet = []parseDataExplorerMetadataTestData{
+	// Empty metadata - fail
+	{map[string]string{}, true},
+	// Missing endpoint - fail
+	{map[string]string{"tenantId": azureTenantID, "clientId": aadAppClientID, "clientSecret": aadAppSecret, "endpoint": "", "databaseName": databaseName, "query": dataExplorerQuery, "threshold": dataExplorerThreshold, "metricName": metricName}, true},
+	// Missing query - fail
+	{map[string]string{"tenantId": azureTenantID, "clientId": aadAppClientID, "clientSecret": aadAppSecret, "endpoint": dataExplorerEndpoint, "databaseName": databaseName, "query": "", "threshold": dataExplorerThreshold, "metricName": metricName}, true},
+	// Missing threshold - fail
+	{map[string]string{"tenantId": azureTenantID, "clientId": aadAppClientID, "clientSecret": aadAppSecret, "endpoint": dataExplorerEndpoint, "databaseName": databaseName, "query": dataExplorerQuery, "threshold": "", "metricName": metricName}, true},
+	// All parameters set - pass
+	{map[string]string{"tenantId": azureTenantID, "clientId": aadAppClientID, "clientSecret": aadAppSecret, "endpoint": dataExplorerEndpoint, "databaseName": databaseName, "query": dataExplorerQuery, "threshold": dataExplorerThreshold, "metricName": metricName}, false},
+}
+
 var testDataExplorerMetricIdentifiers = []dataExplorerMetricIdentifier{
 	{&testDataExplorerMetadataWithClientAndSecret[len(testDataExplorerMetadataWithClientAndSecret)-1], 0, GenerateMetricNameWithIndex(0, kedautil.NormalizeString(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", adxName, databaseName)))},
 	{&testDataExplorerMetadataWithPodIdentity[len(testDataExplorerMetadataWithPodIdentity)-1], 1, GenerateMetricNameWithIndex(1, kedautil.NormalizeString(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", adxName, databaseName)))},
+	{&testDataExplorerMetadataWithPodIdentityWithMetricNameSet[len(testDataExplorerMetadataWithPodIdentity)-1], 1, GenerateMetricNameWithIndex(1, kedautil.NormalizeString(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-%s", adxName, databaseName, metricName)))},
 }
 
 func TestDataExplorerParseMetadata(t *testing.T) {