diff --git a/internal/services/monitor/monitor_scheduled_query_rules_alert_resource.go b/internal/services/monitor/monitor_scheduled_query_rules_alert_resource.go
index 4135e6bb5e19..d59087123407 100644
--- a/internal/services/monitor/monitor_scheduled_query_rules_alert_resource.go
+++ b/internal/services/monitor/monitor_scheduled_query_rules_alert_resource.go
@@ -163,11 +163,6 @@ func resourceMonitorScheduledQueryRulesAlert() *pluginsdk.Resource {
 							MaxItems: 1,
 							Elem: &pluginsdk.Resource{
 								Schema: map[string]*pluginsdk.Schema{
-									"metric_column": {
-										Type:         pluginsdk.TypeString,
-										Required:     true,
-										ValidateFunc: validation.StringIsNotEmpty,
-									},
 									"metric_trigger_type": {
 										Type:     pluginsdk.TypeString,
 										Required: true,
@@ -192,6 +187,11 @@ func resourceMonitorScheduledQueryRulesAlert() *pluginsdk.Resource {
 										Required:     true,
 										ValidateFunc: validate.ScheduledQueryRulesAlertThreshold,
 									},
+									"metric_column": {
+										Type:         pluginsdk.TypeString,
+										Optional:     true,
+										ValidateFunc: validation.StringIsNotEmpty,
+									},
 								},
 							},
 						},
diff --git a/website/docs/r/monitor_scheduled_query_rules_alert.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/monitor_scheduled_query_rules_alert.html.markdown
index d70923b93cc7..fbcc31324e52 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/monitor_scheduled_query_rules_alert.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/monitor_scheduled_query_rules_alert.html.markdown
@@ -136,10 +136,10 @@ The `action` block supports the following:
 
 The `metric_trigger` block supports the following:
 
-* `metric_column` - (Required) Evaluation of metric on a particular column.
 * `metric_trigger_type` - (Required) Metric Trigger Type - 'Consecutive' or 'Total'.
 * `operator` - (Required) Evaluation operation for rule - 'Equal', 'GreaterThan', GreaterThanOrEqual', 'LessThan', or 'LessThanOrEqual'.
 * `threshold` - (Required) The threshold of the metric trigger. Values must be between 0 and 10000 inclusive.
+* `metric_column` - (Optional) Evaluation of metric on a particular column.
 
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