Merge shapefiles

Hello,

For shapefiles merge, both should be the same ShapeFileType. My questions is: should both shapefile have to have the same number of fields and with identical field names?
THanks!

Hello @lang

They do not have to be identical. From the documentation

Attribute values of both input shapefile will be passed to the resulting one.

Distinct fields from each Shapefile will be in the resulting Shapefile.

Hope that helps.
Jerry.