First off I'm brand spanking new to these games. I have tried converting the excel file that DDSCFB17 exports as to a .json using online converters and it never works. It won't let me upload the .csv attachment so I can't even show you the file. So any text based walk through would be much appreciated.

You should be able to run the csv through the converter here.

viewtopic.php?f=254&t=27644

Converting .csv to .json doesn't work... you need to put the right properties in.

The other option is to export from DDSPF and see what the full .json file format looks like. Then match that structure using the data from your .csv file.