The present application relates to a method and system for data exploration, the method comprising: selecting a specified research indicator from an indicator library according to input information; acquiring a data set, a research variable, and a research parameter corresponding to the research variable; matching available flows containing the research indicator and the research parameter from a flow library; selecting an exploration flow from the available flows according to an input instruction, and selecting an exploration data set from the data set; generating an output program code and an output program description of the exploration flow; executing the output program code of the exploration flow, exploring the exploration data set, and outputting an exploration result. In the solution of the present application, as long as a data set to be processed is submitted and the research indicator and the research parameter used in the exploration process are provided, a program code can be automatically output and called up to perform data exploration, thus greatly saving researcher's efforts in writing codes, and improving the data exploration efficiency.