Procedure for monitoring an installation used in automation technology, wherein at least one field device is used in said installation, wherein a first cloud-enabled database has a first data configuration and contains field device-related data, comprising measured values, parameter values, identification data and/or a diagnostic status of the field device, wherein the field device-related data are collected by a second data conversion unit, transmitted to the first database and saved in the first database, wherein a second cloud-enabled database has a second data configuration that is incompatible with the first data configuration, wherein the second database is connected for communication with a second field device of a second installation used in automation engineering, and wherein the first and the second data configuration defines the file format of the data, or the data's semantics and/or rules for the organization and/or storage of the data in the first or second database (DB1, DB2), wherein said procedure comprises the following steps: - Retrieval of at least some of the data contained in the first database by means of a first data conversion unit; - Conversion of the retrieved data to a format that complies with the second data configuration; - Transmission of the converted data to the second database by means of the first data conversion unit; - Storage of the converted data in the second database; - Access to the data of the second field device by means of an application of the second database; and - Operation of the second field device of the second installation using at least some of the data retrieved from the first database, wherein the operation comprises the updating of the second field device, and/or the interrogation and visualization of process data and/or diagnostic data of the second field device. wherein at least one field device is used in said installation, wherein a first cloud-enabled database has a first data configuration and contains field device-related data, comprising measured values, parameter values, identification data and/or a diagnostic status of the field device, wherein the field device-related data are collected by a second data conversion unit, transmitted to the first database and saved in the first database, wherein a second cloud-enabled database has a second data configuration that is incompatible with the first data configuration, wherein the second database is connected for communication with a second field device of a second installation used in automation engineering, and wherein the first and the second data configuration defines the file format of the data, or the data's semantics and/or rules for the organization and/or storage of the data in the first or second database (DB1, DB2), wherein said procedure comprises the following steps: - Retrieval of at least some of the data contained in the first database by means of a first data conversion unit; - Conversion of the retrieved data to a format that complies with the second data configuration; - Transmission of the converted data to the second database by means of the first data conversion unit; - Storage of the converted data in the second database; - Access to the data of the second field device by means of an application of the second database; and - Operation of the second field device of the second installation using at least some of the data retrieved from the first database, wherein the operation comprises the updating of the second field device, and/or the interrogation and visualization of process data and/or diagnostic data of the second field device. - Retrieval of at least some of the data contained in the first database by means of a first data conversion unit; - Conversion of the retrieved data to a format that complies with the second data configuration; - Transmission of the converted data to the second database by means of the first data conversion unit; - Storage of the converted data in the second database; - Access to the data of the second field device by means of an application of the second database; and - Operation of the second field device of the second installation using at least some of the data retrieved from the first database, wherein the operation comprises the updating of the second field device, and/or the interrogation and visualization of process data and/or diagnostic data of the second field device.