How to archive off attachments to Jira issues along with exporting the issues

[kdickason]

We want to remove a project from Jira that is no longer active or needed.  The project contains about 2000 issues, and many of the issues have attached files, typically, PPT, .DOC, .PDF).  Is there a way to archive off the attachments along with creating an export of the issues?   NOTE:  we are NOT re-importing this into another Jira instance, so this is not a Backup and Restore issue. 

[Brian Spence · Accepted solution]

Much research later, this is the only viable, non-paid option that can be done without coding:

1. Create new fields to replace the read only fields, but do not include them on any Edit screens.
2. Use the Copy Custom Field Values built in script available from Script Runner. (https://jamieechlin.atlassian.net/wiki/display/GRV/Built-In+Scripts) 
3. Find and update filters using the old, read-only field (https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/182814)
4. **Update CRM mappings (unique to my situation) to use new fields.
5. Remove old, read-only field from layout and field schemes.
6. Add post function to clear the values from the new fields on "Create" so they will be empty when cloned.

Not simple, and somewhat risky.

[Rodrigo Rosa]

Hello Brian, I found this previous topic with some suggestions about it. One of them is using Jira Clone-Plus, but it's a paid solution.

Regards,

Rodrigo Rosa