Socrata datasets, including private datasets, can be accessed through a unique OData endpoint, allowing users to seamlessly connect to their data through a number of different tools, including Tableau Desktop. ↙︎↙︎CLICK THE "MORE" LINK↙︎↙︎

See the links below for relevant documentation.

Note that Socrata OData endpoints support basic filtering, for example to retrieve just the currently active Edmonton Public School (EPSB) ward boundaries from the dataset that contains the historical data as well:

https://data.edmonton.ca/OData.svc/y5qu-dj6t?$filter=effdt_type eq 'Current'

To retrieve the EPSB ward boundaries as they were in 2014:

https://data.edmonton.ca/OData.svc/y5qu-dj6t?$filter=year(effective_start_date) Le 2014 and year(effective_end_date) Gt 2014

This kind of filtering may be better achieved in Tableau though.