Is there a way to "archive" a board so that I do not lose those tasks?

Kristine Gemici

Is there a way to "archive" a board so that I do not lose those tasks for that "project/board"... 

We would like a way to "archive" like we do for a whole project without losing the work history associated with that project. 

Currently we treat each project as its own project but we would like to change this process and use Boards as projects instead....

Walter Buggenhout

Hi @Kristine Gemici,

That does not make any sense. A board is just a view (with some additional features, like reports, sprints etc) on a set of issues. It does not "hold" any issues, but just displays a selection of them.

If you move into board settings > general, you will find a filter there. This is what decides which issues are displayed. By just adjusting that filter to your needs, you can perfectly narrow or broaden the selection of issues displayed on the board.

On a side note: both scrum and kanban boards already make issues disappear from sight. In a scrum board, completed issues disappear from the board when you close a sprint. You don't see them anymore on the board, but they still remain in Jira and you can still search for and report on them. On a kanban board, the same happens when you release issues from the rightmost column or when they have been completed for a certain amount of time.