1. A method comprising: accessing a business object by retrieving attribute data from the business object, the attribute data comprising standard fields and customer-specific extensions, the customer-specific extensions comprising fields defined by customers and tables defined by customers, the retrieving attribute data including converting the attribute data of the business object to linear text, the converting the attribute data including unrolling a combination of the standard fields and the customer-specific extensions within the business object; storing the linear text as linear text content of the business object; receiving search criteria; determining that at least a portion of the linear text content of the business object matches the search criteria; providing write access to the business object; after the determining, presenting the business object along with selectable commands that enable editing of the linear text content of the business object.