The invention discloses a method and a device for exporting data, aiming to solve the problem that a user feels inconvenient during using the data obtained by query in the prior art under the condition that a report form derived from a system does not accord with the requirements of the user. The method for exporting the data comprises the following steps of: saving configuration information containing a file format to be used when the data are exported; and transmitting the data and the configuration information to a processing device. With the technical scheme, files can be generated according to the configuration of the user, the export of the data has better flexibility and report forms with a plurality of forms can be generated in practical application, so that the invention is convenient for the user to subsequently use the data obtained by query and improves the user experience.