A system and method for backing up data computed using an application in a cloud computing environment, comprising creating the application, modifying the application to register a servlet, publishing the application to the cloud computing environment, during execution of the application, using the servlet for: detecting annotated entities in the application, finding out properties and property types of the annotated entities, generating one or more structured query language (SQL) statements to query out data to be backed up in accordance with the annotated entities, and publishing the backed up data. Modifying may comprise inserting archiving-type files into the application. An annotation processor may be added to the application may occur. A user interface displaying one or more of the SQL statements performed during the execution of the application may be generated. The user may confirm the displayed SQL statements. A library may be added to the application.