Procedure for the storage data on at least one of the following: the device condition, the device diagnostics and the calibration of a field device (8, 9, 10, 26, 27), in a cloud, wherein the field device (8, 9, 10, 26, 27) has a self-monitoring functionality, wherein said procedure comprises the following steps: Device-internal capturing of first data concerning at least one of the following: the device condition, the device diagnostics and the calibration by the field device (8, 9, 10, 26, 27) itself, comprising the execution of a device self-test, wherein at least one of the following is checked in the course of a self-test: a sensor of the field device, an evaluation electronics unit of the field device, at least a memory of the field device, and IO unit of the field device, at least a connection cable of the field device, an output signal of the field device, Transmission of the first data captured internally in the device from the field device (8, 9, 10, 26, 27) to the cloud, said data comprising the result of the device self-test, Capturing of second data concerning at least one of the following: the device condition, the device diagnostics and the calibration of the field device (8, 9, 10, 26, 27) by means of an external service computer (16, 30) and transmission of the second data from the external service computer (16, 30) to the cloud, wherein the external service computer is designed to capture calibration data of the field device within the framework of a calibration, wherein the second data transmitted by the external service computer to the cloud comprises at least part of the captured calibration data of the field device, wherein both the first data and the second data are saved in the cloud, wherein the data transmitted to the cloud are saved in entries that are assigned to a specific field device, wherein an entry in the cloud for a field device can be identified on the basis of a characteristic identifier of the field device. Device-internal capturing of first data concerning at least one of the following: the device condition, the device diagnostics and the calibration by the field device (8, 9, 10, 26, 27) itself, comprising the execution of a device self-test, wherein at least one of the following is checked in the course of a self-test: a sensor of the field device, an evaluation electronics unit of the field device, at least a memory of the field device, and IO unit of the field device, at least a connection cable of the field device, an output signal of the field device, Transmission of the first data captured internally in the device from the field device (8, 9, 10, 26, 27) to the cloud, said data comprising the result of the device self-test, Capturing of second data concerning at least one of the following: the device condition, the device diagnostics and the calibration of the field device (8, 9, 10, 26, 27) by means of an external service computer (16, 30) and transmission of the second data from the external service computer (16, 30) to the cloud, wherein the external service computer is designed to capture calibration data of the field device within the framework of a calibration, wherein the second data transmitted by the external service computer to the cloud comprises at least part of the captured calibration data of the field device, wherein both the first data and the second data are saved in the cloud, wherein the data transmitted to the cloud are saved in entries that are assigned to a specific field device, wherein an entry in the cloud for a field device can be identified on the basis of a characteristic identifier of the field device.