The invention relates to a method for the automatic production of a filter installation that consists of a plurality of structural parts or elements. The inventive method comprises the following steps: choosing a field of application of the filter installation to be produced among a plurality of predetermined or predeterminable fields of application and/or choosing a design of the filter installation to be produced among a plurality of predetermined or predeterminable designs; producing an input field depending on the choice made, only those inputs being enabled in said input field that correspond to the choice made. The invention further relates to a computer program product and to a computer system for the automatic production of a filter installation that consists of a plurality of structural parts or elements.