sAjaxSource shows only multiple records

If Json document returned from sAjaxSource url only contains one record I will get the "No data available in table" in the table, but if the json doc has multiple records, they render wtihout a problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I know I'm just missing something somewhere.

My JQuery:

var oTable = $('#applicationTableAjax').dataTable({
		  "bProcessing": true,
		  "sAjaxSource": AjaxUri,
		  "sAjaxDataProp": "applications.application",
		  "bPaginate": true,
		  "bDeferRender":true,
		  "aoColumns": 	[
		               	 	{ "mData": "applicationId" },
		               	 	{ "mData": "applicationName" },
		               	 	{ "mData": "applDesc" },
		               	 	{ "mData": "businessArea.businessAreaName" },
		               	 	{ "mData": "links.link.3.@href" }
			                ],
			                "aoColumnDefs": [
				      		                   {
				      		                	   "mRender": function(data, type, row){
				      		                		 var uri = "/admin/products?prodURI=";
				      		                		   var fullUri = uri + data;
				      		                		   var x = fullUri + "&appURI=" + AjaxUri;
				      		                		   return "<a href=" + x + ">View Products</a>";
				      		                	   },
				      		                	   "aTargets": [ 4 ]
				      		                   }
				      		                ]
	    });

and my json document:

    {
       "applications":
       {
           "application":
           {
               "createTs": "2013-04-08T14:08:21.118-05:00",
               "createUserid": "test",
               "lastChangeTs": "2013-04-08T14:08:21.118-05:00",
               "lastChangeUserid": "test",
               "version": "143",
               "links":
               {
                   "link":
                   [
                       {
                           "@href": "http://localhost:8080/translator-web/businessareas/16/applications/1",
                           "@rel": "delete"
                       },
                       {
                           "@href": "http://localhost:8080/translator-web/businessareas/16/applications/1",
                           "@rel": "self"
                       },
                       {
                           "@href": "http://localhost:8080/translator-web/businessareas/16/applications/1",
                           "@rel": "update"
                       },
                       {
                           "@href": "http://localhost:8080/translator-web/businessareas/16/applications/1/products",
                           "@rel": "products"
                       },
                       {
                           "@href": "http://localhost:8080/translator-web/businessareas/16",
                           "@rel": "parent",
                           "@title": "",
                           "@type": ""
                       }
                   ]
               },
               "messages": null,
               "applDesc": "test",
               "applicationId": "1",
               "applicationName": "test",
               "businessArea":
               {
                   "createTs": "2013-04-08T14:08:21.075-05:00",
                   "createUserid": "test",
                   "lastChangeTs": "2013-04-08T14:08:21.075-05:00",
                   "lastChangeUserid": "test",
                   "version": "120",
                   "links": null,
                   "messages": null,
                   "businessAreaDesc": "WebTest",
                   "businessAreaId": "16",
                   "businessAreaName": "logistics"
               },
               "businessAreaId": "16"
           }
       },
       "totalMatchingApplications": "16"
    }