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You're welcome.

If you see it simple, like the following, then it's not a table function
SELECT *
FROM SYSTOOLS.FIRMWARE_CURRENCY;

Table functions are more like:
SELECT * FROM TABLE(QSYS2.ACTIVATION_GROUP_INFO('*'));

And I'm pretty sure it's not a table because I'm willing to bet the farm that the view is composed over various UDF's and api calls.

But if you're curious you can always check the documentation at:
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=optimization-i-services
or, in the case of SYSTOOLS, follow these steps to get a list of the functions.
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=systools-using
They're not 'hidden', they just aren't listed individually in the documentation. Only by following those steps.
Maybe they create them faster than they can translate them into numerous languages and it's not worth the management hassle to get them listed in the IBM i Services. I'm not sure of the IBM politics.

Rob Berendt

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