You can get logged in user by a GET request. $.ajax({ async: false, headers: { "accept": "application/json; odata=verbose" }, method: "GET", url: formCtx.webAttributes.WebUrl + "/_api/web/CurrentUser", success: function (data) { currentUser = data.d; } }); Now use `currentUser` in your CSR code. You may omit async if you can handle it properly. `_spPageContextInfo.userLoginName` will give you the current user's login name. So you can use it inside your CSR code if you need the login name only.